skin
/skɪn/ noun B1- The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human. · He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
- The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
- The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
- A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid. · In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.· Do you eat the skin on custard?
- A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program. · You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
- An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game. · My friend likes to use a Spider-Man skin in Fortnite.
- Rolling paper for cigarettes. · Pass me a skin, mate.
- Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts. · Let me see a bit of skin.
Plural skins
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Well, every time I have seen Mercédès come into the city she has been accompanied by a tall, strapping, black-eyed Catalan, with a red complexion, brown skin, and fierce air, whom she calls cousin.”
Did you forget that this great man, this hero, this demigod, is attacked with a malady of the skin which worries him to death, prurigo?”
He was clothed all in green, from his head to his feet, and even his skin was of a greenish tint.
There were many people—men, women, and children—walking about, and these were all dressed in green clothes and had greenish skins.
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