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1. A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
   "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
   - tegument, cutis
    
2. An outer surface (usually thin)
   "the skin of an aeroplane"
    
3. Body covering of a living animal
   - hide, pelt
    
4. A person's skin regarded as their life
   "he tried to save his skin"
    
5. The rind of a fruit or vegetable
   - peel
    
6. A bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal

1. Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
   - clamber, scramble, shin, shinny [N. Amer], struggle, sputter
    
2. Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
   "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
   - scrape
    
3. Remove the bark of a tree
   - bark
    
4. Strip the skin off
   - peel, pare

Derived forms: skins, skinning, skinned

See also: endermatic, intracutaneous, mucocutaneous, skinner, skinny, subcutaneous, transcutaneous

Type of: aliveness, animation, bag, body covering, climb, connective tissue, injure, life, living, rind, strip, surface, wound

Part of: aircraft, edible fruit, integumentary system

Encyclopedia: Skin