Word: skin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 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. Cognate with Dutch schinde (“bark”), dialectal German Schinde (“fruit peel”); also Breton skant (“scales”), Old Irish cenn (“covering, shell”), Irish scáin (“to tear, burst”), Latin scindō (“to split, divide”), Sanskrit छिनत्ति (chinátti, “to split”). Pronunciation: /skɪn/ 1. The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human. Labels: uncountable Example: He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl. Example: Her skin is pale like chicken skin, after you have peel[ed] all the feathers. 2. The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant. Labels: uncountable 3. The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc. Labels: countable Example: you know good leather, you know the best way to tan the hides and where to find the best skins 4. A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid. Labels: countable Example: 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. Example: Do you eat the skin on custard? 5. A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program. Labels: countable Example: You can use this skin to change how the browser looks. 6. An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game. Labels: countable Example: My friend likes to use a Spider-Man skin in Fortnite. Example: However, the misconception regarding skin hitboxes was created by a subset of players who believed that wearing thinner skins enhanced their gameplay. 7. Rolling paper for cigarettes. Labels: countable, slang Example: Pass me a skin, mate. 8. Clipping of skinhead. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang Example: By the end of the show, fights would break out all over the place: the Atlantic City skins against the crew from Philly; the oldschool skinheads feuding with overzealous fresh-cuts. 9. A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable Example: The younger brother questions the correctness of the pursuit of the girls. "They may be of the wrong subsection," he suggests. "We can take wrong skins," says the older brother, but the younger still holds back. 10. Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Let me see a bit of skin. 11. Clipping of drumskin Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable 12. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the Bacchic train, Who brought their skins of wine, and loaded poles That bent with mighty clusters of black grapes 13. That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The skin of the sail is made of stretch-resistant Mylar 14. The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing. Labels: countable, uncountable 15. The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft. Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A drink of whisky served hot. Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A person; chap. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, slang, uncountable Example: He was a decent old skin. Example: PAUDI:”I fucking love the pair of ye! You’re good lads. You’re loyal skins” 18. A purse. Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] and away I scampered with the tiddlywink-table, while Teddy Limber […] frisked the yokel of his yack and skin. 19. A member of the team not wearing shirts, in a shirts and skins game. Labels: countable, uncountable