Sekirov Dictionary

skin

/skɪn/

noun19

  1. the thin outer covering of a human or an animal body, which protects what is inside
  2. The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
  3. A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
  4. An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
  5. A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
  6. The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
  7. (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
  8. That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
  9. 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.
  10. The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
  11. (slang) Clipping of skinhead.
  12. A member of the team not wearing shirts, in a shirts and skins game.
  13. (slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
  14. Clipping of drumskin
  15. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
  16. (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people.
  17. (UK, slang) A person; chap.
  18. A drink of whisky served hot.
  19. (UK, no longer used) A purse.

verb12

  1. To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
  2. To injure the skin of.
  3. To remove the top layers of paint from, revealing parts of the underlying medium or canvas.
  4. To apply a skin to (a computer program).
  5. To become covered with skin or a skin-like layer.
  6. To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
  7. (UK) To use tricks to go past a defender.
  8. (informal) To high five.
  9. Short for skin up (“travel uphill on skis, snowboard, or bicycle”)
  10. (slang, old-fashioned) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
  11. (slang, no longer used) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
  12. (slang, no longer used) To sneak off.
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