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Type Words
Synonyms skinhead
Type of tough, yob, ruffian, yobbo, yobo, rowdy, roughneck, bully, hooligan
Type Words
Synonyms clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle
Type of climb
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Synonyms bark
Type of strip
Type Words
Synonyms peel
Type of rind
Has types lemon rind, banana peel, orange peel, banana skin, lemon peel, orange rind, jacket
Type Words
Synonyms pare, peel
Type of strip
Has types flay, peel off
Derivation skinner
Type Words
Synonyms cutis, tegument
Type of connective tissue, body covering
Has types agnail, thick skin, investment, skin graft, scalp, hangnail, cuticle, prepuce, dewlap, foreskin, buff
Derivation skinny


your skin is the largest organ of your body.
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Synonyms hide, pelt
Type of body covering
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Synonyms scrape
Type of wound, injure


The boy skinned his knee when he fell.
Type Words
Synonyms baldhead, baldpate, baldy, skinhead
Type of someone, individual, soul, person, somebody, mortal
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Type of bag
Has types wineskin, water skin, waterskin
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Type of surface


the skin of an airplane.
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Type of life, animation, aliveness, living


he tried to save his skin.

Examples of skin

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The driver was described as having dark skin, a heavy build and long dreadlocks.
From the stltoday.com
It also factors into the development of melanoma, the deadliest of skin cancers.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Nadine's mother tended to his arm and leg sores from the brine burning his skin.
From the omaha.com
The skin is slightly mottled and the visual trick is completed with fake leaves.
From the bloomberg.com
That's the safest and best way to get vitamin D and also to prevent skin cancer.
From the abcnews.go.com
High-neckline jackets and calf-length sequined dresses left little visible skin.
From the online.wsj.com
A doctor has to look and see if skin changes support any of those possibilities.
From the stltoday.com
You can manage psoriasis so that it doesn't cause trouble on or under your skin.
From the kansas.com
Since I switched to raw food, they don't have ear infections or skin infections.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
  • A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
  • Clamber: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
  • An outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
  • Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
  • Bark: remove the bark of a tree
  • Hide: body covering of a living animal
  • The skin is a soft outer covering of an animal, in particular a vertebrate. Other animal coverings such the arthropod exoskeleton or the seashell have different developmental origin, structure and chemical composition. ...
  • Skin was 16 Volt's second album, which was released in 1994 under the Re-constriction label.
  • Skin is a 2009 biographical film about Sandra Laing, a South African woman born to white parents but was classified as "coloured" during the apartheid era. Anthony Fabian directs this biopic, and Sophie Okonedo was chosen to portray Laing in the movie. ...