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(verb) strip the skin off (fruit, for example) |
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Synonyms: pare, peel |
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Related Words: flay, peel off, strip |
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(verb) bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" |
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Synonyms: scrape |
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Related Words: injure, wound |
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(noun) an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane" |
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Related Words: surface |
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(noun) a container for liquids that is made from the skin of an animal |
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Related Words: bag, water skin, waterskin, wineskin |
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(noun) a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" |
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Synonyms: cutis, tegument |
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Related Words: agnail, animal skin, body covering, buff, connective tissue, dewlap, foreskin, hangnail, investment, prepuce, scalp, skin graft, thick skin |
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(noun) a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin" |
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Related Words: aliveness, animation, life, living |
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(noun) the tissue forming the hard outer layer of e.g. a fruit |
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Synonyms: rind |
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Related Words: plant tissue |
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(verb) remove the bark of a tree |
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Synonyms: bark |
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Related Words: strip |
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(verb) strike against an object, as of one's toe or foot |
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Synonyms: abrade, scrape, stub |
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Related Words: injure, wound |
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(noun) body covering of a living animal |
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Synonyms: hide, pelt |
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Related Words: body covering |
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(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling |
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Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle |
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Related Words: climb |
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