Skin (aircraft)
WordNet

noun


(1)   Body covering of a living animal
(2)   An outer surface (usually thin)
"The skin of an airplane"
(3)   A bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
(4)   A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
"Your skin is the largest organ of your body"
(5)   The rind of a fruit or vegetable
(6)   A person's skin regarded as their life
"He tried to save his skin"
(7)   The tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)

verb


(8)   Strip the skin off
"Pare apples"
(9)   Remove the bark of a tree
(10)   Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
"The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
(11)   Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
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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

dermis, integument, tegument peel , pericarp hide, pelt film

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?
 
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