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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
    
7. (computing) a collection of colour schemes, sounds, artwork, etc, used in the interface of a computer program, usually interchangeably
   - theme

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
   "skin apples";
   - peel, pare

Derived forms: skinned, skinning, skins

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