skin

About 60.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

   He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.

2. noun The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
3. noun The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
4. noun A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

   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.

5. noun A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.

   You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.

6. noun An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.

   My friend likes to use a Spider-Man skin in Fortnite.

7. noun Rolling paper for cigarettes.

   Pass me a skin, mate.

8. noun Clipping of skinhead.

Similar words

pelt pare peel sputter stub abrade scrape rind tegument shin

Often followed by

and of is was or color to in with

Word family

skinless skinned skinning skins under her skin