skin

skin¹ W2S2 [skın] n

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1¦(body)¦

2¦(from an animal)¦

3¦(food)¦

4¦(on a liquid)¦

5¦(part of an object)¦

6¦(computer)¦

7 have (a) thin/thick skin

8 get under somebody's skin

9 by the skin of your teeth

10 make somebody's skin crawl

11 be skin and bone

12 it's no skin off somebody's nose

13 something is only skin deep

14 skins

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[Date: 1100-1200; : Old Norse; Origin: skinn]

1.) ¦(BODY)¦ [U and C]

the natural outer layer of a person's or animal's body

▪ She had thick black hair and smooth dark skin .

▪ If you are fair-skinned , you should try to stay out of the sun.

▪ My skin is quite sensitive .

▪ an ugly man with bad skin and brown teeth

▪ chemicals that irritate the skin

▪ The eggs are hatched under a fold of skin on the penguin's belly.

▪ a skin disease

→↑skincare

2.) ¦(FROM AN ANIMAL)¦ [U and C]

the skin of an animal, sometimes including its fur, used to make leather, clothes etc

▪ a leopard skin

↑flesh, ↑seed, ↑skin

3.) ¦(FOOD)¦ [U and C]

a) the natural outer cover of some fruits and vegetables

= ↑peel

▪ banana skins

b) the outer cover of a ↑sausage

4.) ¦(ON A LIQUID)¦ [U and C]

a thin solid layer that forms on the top of a liquid, especially when it gets cold

▪ Cover the soup to stop a skin from forming.

5.) ¦(PART OF AN OBJECT)¦

a layer that is part of a vehicle, building, object etc, especially on the outside

▪ The outer skin of the aircraft was not punctured.

▪ The lampshade has a double skin so that it remains cool.

6.) ¦(COMPUTER)¦ [U and C]

the way particular information appears on a computer screen, especially when this can be changed quickly and easily

7.) have (a) thin/thick skin

to be easily upset or not easily upset by criticism

▪ This is not a job for someone with thin skin.

8.) get under sb's skin informal

if someone gets under your skin, they annoy you, especially by the way they behave

▪ What really gets under my skin is people who push straight to the front of the line.

9.) by the skin of your teeth informal

if you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just succeed in doing it, and very nearly failed to do it

▪ Two others made it by the skin of their teeth.

10.) make sb's skin crawl informal

to make someone feel very uncomfortable combined with a strong feeling of dislike

▪ Her singing makes my skin crawl.

11.) be skin and bone

BrE be skin and bones AmE informal to be extremely thin in a way that is unattractive and unhealthy

12.) it's no skin off sb's nose

spoken used to say that someone does not care what another person thinks or does, because it does not affect them

▪ If she doesn't want me to help, it's no skin off my nose!

13.) sth is only skin deep

used to say that something may seem to be important or effective, but it really is not because it only affects the way things appear

▪ Beauty is only skin deep.

14.) skins [plural] BrE informal papers for rolling a cigarette, especially one with ↑marijuana in it

→save sb's skin at ↑save¹ (11), jump out of your skin at ↑jump¹ (4)

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

fair/pale skin

dark/olive skin

dark-skinned/fair-skinned

dry/oily/sensitive skin

smooth/soft skin

leathery skin (=thick and hard skin)

scaly skin (=rough dry skin on animals such asLIZARDs )

good/bad skin (=healthy or unhealthy skin on your face)

skin colour/tone

rub/irritate your skin

flap/fold/layer of skin

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skin ²

skin² past tense and past participle skinned present participle skinning

v [T]

1.) to remove the skin from an animal, fruit, or vegetable

→↑peel

▪ Add the tomatoes, skinned and sliced.

2.) to hurt yourself by rubbing off some skin

= ↑graze

▪ She fell and skinned her knee.

3.) skin sb alive

to punish someone very severely - used humorously

▪ Dad will skin you alive when he sees this place!

4.) informal to completely defeat someone

= ↑hammer

▪ The football team really skinned Watertown last year.

skin up phr v

to make a cigarette with ↑marijuana in it