Noun

1. The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
   • He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
2. The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
3. The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
4. 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. 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. Rolling paper for cigarettes.
   • Pass me a skin, mate.
7. Short for skinhead.
8. 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.)
9. An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.

Synonyms

Verb

1. To injure the skin of.
   • He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
2. To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
3. To apply a skin to (a computer program).
   • Can I skin the program to put the picture of my cat on it?