skin
- Noun. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
- Noun. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
- Noun. (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
- Noun. (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
- Noun. (countable, computing) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
- Noun. (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
- Noun. (countable, slang) Short for skinhead.
- Noun. (Australia) A subgroup within an Australian aboriginal people, also called a section, subsection, or moiety. These divisions are cultural, not related to a person's physical skin. (Reference: ''Macquarie Aboriginal Words'', Macquarie University, 1994, paperback ISBN 0-949757-79-9, introduction.).
- Noun. (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.
- Noun. (slang) nudity, particular bare breasts.
- Verb. (transitive) To injure the skin of.
- Verb. (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
- Verb. (colloquial) To high five.
- Verb. (transitive, computing) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
- Verb. (UK, soccer) To use tricks to go past a defender.
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