skin

Noun
  1. A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch (synset 105245612)
    "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
    is a type of:
    • body covering - any covering for the body or a body part
    • connective tissue - tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments
    subtypes:
    • investment - outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism
    • thick skin - skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros)
    • skin graft - a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn
    • buff - bare skin
    • dewlap - a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck
    • foreskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis
    • foreskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
    • scalp - the skin that covers the top of the head
    • cuticle - the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
    • agnail, hangnail - a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
    has:
    • pressure point - an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure
    • cuticle, epidermis - the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
    • skin cell - any of the cells making up the skin
    • corium, derma, dermis - the deep vascular inner layer of the skin
    • macula, macule - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
    • freckle, lentigo - a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
    • liver spot - a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin
    • milium, whitehead - a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland
    • blackhead, comedo - a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
    • pore - any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
    • scab - the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
    • sudoriferous gland, sweat gland - any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration
    • free nerve ending - microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor
    • pacinian corpuscle - a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals
    • crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle - a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
    is a part of: integumentary system - the skin and its appendages
    substance holonym: melanin - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers
    same as: cutis, tegument
  2. An outer surface (usually thin) (synset 104237155)
    "the skin of an airplane"
    is a type of: surface - the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
    is a part of: aircraft - a vehicle that can fly
  3. Body covering of a living animal (synset 101898376)
    is a type of: body covering - any covering for the body or a body part
    same as: hide, pelt
  4. A person's skin regarded as their life (synset 113985384)
    "he tried to save his skin"
    is a type of: aliveness, animation, life, living - the condition of living or the state of being alive
  5. A member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads;
    Some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent (synset 110626886)
    is a type of: bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo - a cruel and brutal fellow
    belongs to: bootboys, skinheads - a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism
    same as: skinhead
  6. A person whose head is bald or shaved (synset 109853256)
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    same as: baldhead, baldpate, baldy, skinhead
  7. The rind of a fruit or vegetable (synset 107754329)
    is a type of: rind - the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
    subtypes:
    is a part of: edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
    same as: peel
  8. A bag serving as a container for liquids;
    It is made from the hide of an animal (synset 104237283)
    is a type of: bag - a flexible container with a single opening
    subtypes:
    • water skin, waterskin - a container of skin for holding water
    • wineskin - an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine
Verb
  1. Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling (synset 201925765)
    is a type of: climb - move with difficulty, by grasping
    same as: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle
  2. Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of (synset 201312138)
    "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
    is a type of: injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to
    same as: scrape
  3. Remove the bark of a tree (synset 201266348)
    is a type of: strip - remove the surface from
    same as: bark
  4. Strip the skin off (synset 201265500)
    "pare apples"
    is a type of: strip - remove the surface from
    subtypes:
    • peel off - peel off the outer layer of something
    • flay - strip the skin off
    same as: pare, peel

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