skin
- noun
- /skɪn/
- Let's just get the skin nice and smooth.
- skin surface
- a skin-covered surface
- a layer of skin
Once you get through the skin, there's nothing to stop it.
- Once you get through the skin, there's nothing to stop it.
- The team got separated into two lots of two soft skin vehicles per team.
Examples
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So it looks nice on the skin by itself.
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So I'm going to do the exposed skin first.
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So if you have sensitive skin, this may not be for you.
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This is realistic looking skin and I love that.
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You feel moisturized, but your skin looks like this butter.
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Within the various depths of skin, free nerve endings help regulate body temperature.
Academic text (2017) -
Nothing but thin cotton socks were between her skin and whatever lurked in the mud.
Fiction book (1990) -
I saw the indentations in her skin where her elbow had rested on the paperweight.
Fiction book (1992) -
The lotion helps to keep your skin moisturized and healthy.
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After spending all day in the sun, he applied sunscreen to protect his skin.
Synonyms
A thin sheet of material that covers a surface
A thin layer that covers a surface to protect it
A thin layer of material spread over a surface
An outer covering that protects or decorates objects like bullets
A layer of material that covers a surface to protect or decorate it
A thing placed over something to protect or hide it
An outer protective covering like skin or a shell that protects a living thing
A final layer of paint or finish that protects a surface
An outer layer on animals or plants that keeps them safe from harm
A thin layer on wood or metal that protects and looks good
Idioms
- Offensive
To scold or punish someone severely to show strong anger, not a real action
- Informal
To annoy someone a lot by small things another person does
Completely wet, with water going through your clothes and reaching your skin
- Informal
Cause a strong feeling of fear or disgust with a creepy physical feeling
Compounds
- Specialized
A small living part of the skin that makes it and helps protect the body
- Specialized
A piece of healthy skin taken from one body part and placed on damaged skin to help it heal
- US
A crisp shell of potato peel fried or baked and topped with melted cheese and bacon
- Specialized
A medical test that puts a small amount of something on the skin to check for allergy or past infection
- Specialized
Change in the skin's tiny electrical activity when you feel stress or strong emotion
- Specialized
A two-layer man-made material used to replace or cover damaged skin after burns
- Specialized
A change in the skin's electrical signal when someone feels stress or strong emotion
- Specialized
A flexible man-made covering that senses touch and temperature on robot hands and replacement limbs
- Specialized
A test that checks if you have been exposed to tuberculosis bacteria by putting a small medicine under the skin
- Specialized
High-frequency electric current flows mostly near a wire's surface instead of through the whole wire
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Skin used for objects means a thin outer layer and comes from the old skinn meaning 'hide', so an object's skin is the surface that protects it or gives it a finish.