skin
To injure the skin ofTo injure the skin of.
» Tom is all skin and bones.
Tom ist nur Haut und Knochen. — mhr
Том чисто кожа да кости. — Ooneykcall
Том - сама шкіра та кості. — deniko
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11 senses(transitive)To injure the skin of.
He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
aufschürfen
обдира́тьobdirátʹ, ободра́тьobodrátʹ
bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
(transitive)To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
häuten
обдира́тьobdirátʹ, ободра́тьobodrátʹ
обдира́тиobdyráty, обідра́тиobidráty, здира́ти шкіруzdyráty škiru
remove the skin from
(colloquial)To high five.
(colloquial, transitive)To apply a skin to (a computer program).
Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
(UK, transitive)To use tricks to go past a defender.
(intransitive)To become covered with skin or a skin-like layer.
A wound eventually skins over.
Lefotver acrylic paint will often skin as it partially dries.
(transitive)To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
(dated, slang)To strip of money or property; to cheat.
(transitive)To remove the top layers of paint from, revealing parts of the underlying medium or canvas.
(US, archaic, slang)To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
(intransitive, obsolete, slang)To sneak off.
Examples
848 sentencesTom is all skin and bones.
Том - сама шкіра та кості. — deniko
ruТом чисто кожа да кости. — Ooneykcall
deTom ist nur Haut und Knochen. — mhr
Her skin is as white as snow.
Її шкіра біла наче сніг. — anastasishko
ruЕё кожа бела как снег. — Wadimiy
deIhre Haut ist so weiß wie Schnee. — MUIRIEL
He was wet to the skin from the rain.
Він ущент промок під дощем. — Galyna
I have dry skin.
Я маю суху шкіру. — deniko
ruУ меня сухая кожа. — ae5s
deIch habe trockene Haut. — xtofu80
Her skin is smooth.
Її шкіра гладенька — leyla
ruЕе кожа гладкая. — leyla
deIhre Haut ist glatt. — xtofu80
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English skyn, skinn, from Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn (“animal hidFrom Middle English skyn, skinn, from Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn (“animal hide”), from Proto-Germanic *skinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”), nasal variant of *skeh₁i-d- (“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old English hȳd (“skin, hide”), from which derives hide.
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Forms
skins, skinning, skinned, skinnedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
17 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
8 patterns- go skin diving
- skin diving
- skin diving by
- skin diving with
- to the skin
- to go skin
- go skin
- the skin of
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.