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skinned
Adjective
  • ∙ Having skin.
  • ∙ Covered in a thin membrane resembling skin.
  • ∙ Having skin (or similar outer layer) totally or partially removed.
Verb
  • ∙ simple past tense and past participle of skin
skin
Noun
  • ∙ The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human. uncountable
  • ∙ The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant. uncountable
  • ∙ The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc. countable
  • ∙ A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid. countable
  • ∙ A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program. countable, computing
  • ∙ Rolling paper for cigarettes. countable, slang
  • ∙ Short for skinhead. countable, slang
  • ∙ A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin. Australia
  • ∙ An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game. countable, video games
  • ∙ Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts. slang
  • ∙ A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
  • ∙ That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole. nautical
  • ∙ The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing. nautical
Verb
  • ∙ To injure the skin of. transitive
  • ∙ To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human. transitive
  • ∙ To high five. colloquial
  • ∙ To apply a skin to (a computer program). transitive, computing, colloquial
  • ∙ To use tricks to go past a defender. Britain, soccer, transitive
  • ∙ To become covered with skin. intransitive
  • ∙ To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially. transitive
  • ∙ To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited. US, slang, archaic
  • ∙ To strip of money or property; to cheat. slang, dated