skin

Meanings

• a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
  • "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
• an outer surface (usually thin)
  • "the skin of an airplane"
• body covering of a living animal
• a person's skin regarded as their life
  • "he tried to save his skin"
• the rind of a fruit or vegetable
• a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
• bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
  • "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
• remove the bark of a tree
• strip the skin off

Synonyms

bark, clamber, cutis, hide, pare, peel, pelt, scramble, scrape, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle, tegument