skin | (n) a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch, Syn. tegument, cutis |
skin | (n) an outer surface (usually thin) |
skin | (n) a person's skin regarded as their life |
skin | (n) a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal |
skin | (v) bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of, Syn. scrape |
skin | (v) strip the skin off, Syn. pare, peel |
skin cancer | (n) a malignant neoplasm of the skin |
skin care | (n) care for the skin, Syn. skincare |
skin cell | (n) any of the cells making up the skin |
skin-deep | (adj) penetrating no deeper than the skin: |
Skin | v. t. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Skin | v. i. |
Skin | n. [ Icel. skinn; akin to Sw. skinn, Dan. skind, AS. scinn, G. schined to skin. ] ☞ In man, and the vertebrates generally, the skin consist of two layers, an outer nonsensitive and nonvascular epidermis, cuticle, or skarfskin, composed of cells which are constantly growing and multiplying in the deeper, and being thrown off in the superficial, layers; and an inner sensitive, and vascular dermis, cutis, corium, or true skin, composed mostly of connective tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Skinbound | a. Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Skinch | v. t. & i. |
Skin-deep | a. Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Skinflint | n. [ Skin + flint. ] A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Skinful | n.; |
Skink | v. t. Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. Shirley. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Skink | n. [ L. scincus, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] ☞ The officinal skink (Scincus officinalis) inhabits the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A common slender species (Seps tridactylus) of Southern Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases in cattle by mere contact. The American skinks include numerous species of the genus |
Fell { n }; Haut { f } | Felle { pl }; Häute { pl } | ein dickes Fell haben [ übtr. ] | skin | skins | to have a thick skin [Add to Longdo] |
Haut { f } | Häute { pl } | die eigene Haut retten | skin | skins | to save one's own skin; to save one's hide [Add to Longdo] |
Hautbildungszeit { f } | skin building time [Add to Longdo] |
Hautcreme { f } | skin cream [Add to Longdo] |
Hautkrankheit { f } | Hautkrankheiten { pl } | skin disease | skin diseases [Add to Longdo] |
Schale { f } (Obst; Gemüse) | skin (fruit; vegetable) [Add to Longdo] |
Skinhead { m }; Skin { m } | skinhead [Add to Longdo] |
hauteng | skin tight [Add to Longdo] |
Hautkrebs { m } [ med. ] | skin cancer [Add to Longdo] |
Hauttransplantation { f } [ med. ] | Hauttransplantationen { pl } | skin graft | skin grafts [Add to Longdo] |