skins

/skษชnz/

IPA: /S K IH1 N Z/

noun
  1. 1

    The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

    โ€œHe is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.โ€

  2. 2

    The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.

  3. 3

    The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.

  4. 4

    A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

    โ€œIn order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, youโ€ฒll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.โ€

  5. 5

    A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.

    โ€œYou can use this skin to change how the browser looks.โ€

  6. 6

    An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.

  7. 7

    Rolling paper for cigarettes.

    โ€œPass me a skin, mate.โ€

  8. 8

    A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individualโ€ฒs physical skin.

  9. 9

    Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.

    โ€œLet me see a bit of skin.โ€

  10. 10

    A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.

  11. 11

    That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.

  12. 12

    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.

  13. 13

    A drink of whisky served hot.

  14. 14

    Person, chap

    โ€œHe was a decent old skin.โ€

verb
  1. 1

    To injure the skin of.

  2. 2

    To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.

  3. 3

    To high five.

  4. 4

    To apply a skin to (a computer program).

    โ€œCan I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?โ€

  5. 5

    To use tricks to go past a defender.

  6. 6

    To become covered with skin.

    โ€œA wound eventually skins over.โ€

  7. 7

    To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.

  8. 8

    To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.

  9. 9

    To strip of money or property; to cheat.

noun
  1. 1

    Someone with a shaved head.

  2. 2

    Member of the skinhead subculture arising in late 1960s England or its diaspora, often incorrectly associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skin, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skinhead, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skins