skin
skin
/skɪn/
on body
to have dark/pale skin
skin cancer
She said she was treated unfairly because of the colour of her skin.
skin colour/tone
to have brown/fair/olive skin
to have dry/oily skin
cosmetics for sensitive skins
The snake sheds its skin once a year.
They were both soaked to the skin and shivering from cold.
He could feel the sun on his skin.
the wrinkled skin of his face
dead skin cells
to have a skin test
Collocations
adjective
verb + skin
skin + verb
skin + noun
preposition
against the/your skin
beneath the/your skin
on the/your skin…
phrases
skin and bone
skin and bones
-skinned
2 (in adjectives) having the type of skin mentioned
dark-skinned
fair-skinned
of dead animal
3 countable, uncountable (often in compounds) the skin of a dead animal with or without its fur, used for making leather, etc. The skins are removed and laid out to dry.
animal skins
a tiger-skin rug
skin of something They would wear the skins of animals they had killed.
Collocations
adjective
verb + skin
of fruit/vegetables
Remove the skins by soaking the tomatoes in hot water.
a chemical found in the skin of grapes
Collocations
adjective
verb + skin
of sausage
Prick the skins before grilling.
on liquids
6 countable, uncountable the thin layer that forms on the surface of some liquids, especially when they become cold after being heated A skin had formed on the top of the milk.
She skimmed the skin off the cocoa.
outside layer
7 countable a layer that covers the outside of something the outer skin of the earth
the metal skin of the aircraft
8 (also wrap) countable a special cover for any small electronic device that you can carry with you Do phone skins protect your phone?
You can create your own custom skin for your iPod.
The skin has a clear protective layer.
in a computer program
9 countable (computing) the interface of a computer program (= the way a computer program presents information on screen), that the user can change as they wish Idioms
e.g.
/skɪn/
animal/fruit/vegetable
1 skin something to take the skin off an animal, a fruit or a vegetable
You'll need four ripe tomatoes, skinned and chopped.
We learnt how to trap and skin a rabbit.
part of body
2 skin something to rub the skin off part of your body by accident
He skinned his knees climbing down the tree.
e.g.
I see. That means some prisoners must have realized... ...That they had to start skinning. なるほど囚人の中に気が付いた奴がいたわけだ 皮を剥ぐ必要があるってことに (/yupeco/『ゴールデンカムイ』4話) 3 (computing) skin something to change the way that a computer program presents information on the screen to suit your particular needs
The only initial costs the business had were those involved with skinning the website.
Idioms
Word Origin
late Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn; related to Dutch schinden ‘flay, peel’ and German schinden.