Dictionary entry details
• SKIN (noun)
Meaning:
A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
tegument; skin; cutis
Context example:
your skin is the largest organ of your body
Hypernyms ("skin" is a kind of...):
body covering (any covering for the body or a body part)
connective tissue (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments)
Meronyms (parts of "skin"):
scab (the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion)
sudoriferous gland; sweat gland (any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration)
free nerve ending (microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor)
Pacinian corpuscle (a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals)
crease; crinkle; furrow; line; seam; wrinkle (a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface)
pore (any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal)
blackhead; comedo (a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin)
milium; whitehead (a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland)
liver spot (a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin)
freckle; lentigo (a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin)
macula; macule (a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases)
corium; derma; dermis (the deep vascular inner layer of the skin)
skin cell (any of the cells making up the skin)
cuticle; epidermis (the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates)
Meronyms (substance of "skin"):
melanin (insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skin"):
agnail; hangnail (a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected)
cuticle (the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail)
scalp (the skin that covers the top of the head)
foreskin; prepuce (a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris)
foreskin; prepuce (a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis)
investment (outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism)
dewlap (a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck)
buff (bare skin; naked)
skin graft (a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn)
thick skin (skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros))
Holonyms ("skin" is a part of...):
integumentary system (the skin and its appendages)
Meaning:
The tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
peel; rind; skin
Hypernyms ("skin" is a kind of...):
plant tissue (the tissue of a plant)
Meaning:
An outer surface (usually thin)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
the skin of an airplane
Hypernyms ("skin" is a kind of...):
surface (the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary)
Holonyms ("skin" is a part of...):
aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)
Meaning:
Body covering of a living animal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
hide; pelt; skin
Hypernyms ("skin" is a kind of...):
body covering (any covering for the body or a body part)
Meaning:
A person's skin regarded as their life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
he tried to save his skin
Hypernyms ("skin" is a kind of...):
aliveness; animation; life; living (the condition of living or the state of being alive)
Meaning:
The rind of a fruit or vegetable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
peel; skin
Hypernyms ("skin" is a kind of...):
rind (the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skin"):
orange peel; orange rind (the rind of an orange)
jacket (the outer skin of a potato)
banana peel; banana skin (the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded))
lemon peel; lemon rind (the rind of a lemon)
Holonyms ("skin" is a part of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Meaning:
A bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("skin" is a kind of...):
bag (a flexible container with a single opening)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skin"):
water skin; waterskin (a container of skin for holding water)
wineskin (an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine)
• SKIN (verb)
Meaning:
Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
skin; shinny; shin; clamber; scramble; sputter; struggle
Hypernyms (to "skin" is one way to...):
climb (move with difficulty, by grasping)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
skin; scrape
Context example:
The boy skinned his knee when he fell
Hypernyms (to "skin" is one way to...):
injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he skin his foot?
Meaning:
Remove the bark of a tree
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
bark; skin
Hypernyms (to "skin" is one way to...):
strip (remove the surface from)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They skin the trees
Meaning:
Strip the skin off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
peel; pare; skin
Context example:
pare apples
Hypernyms (to "skin" is one way to...):
strip (remove the surface from)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "skin"):
peel off (peel off the outer layer of something)
flay (strip the skin off)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs skin the vegetables
"Whiskey on beer, never fear. Beer on whiskey, mighty risky." (English proverb)
"The more you know, the less you need." (Aboriginal Australian proverbs)
"Don't ask the singer to sing until he wishes to sing by himself." (Arabic proverb)
"Many small creeks make a big river." (Danish proverb)
