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Meaning of skin

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  skin
      n 1: a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of
           touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" [syn:
           {skin}, {tegument}, {cutis}]
      2: an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
      3: body covering of a living animal [syn: {hide}, {pelt},
         {skin}]
      4: a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his
         skin"
      5: the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: {peel}, {skin}]
      6: a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the
         hide of an animal
      v 1: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: {clamber},
           {scramble}, {shin}, {shinny}, {skin}, {struggle},
           {sputter}]
      2: bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy
         skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: {skin}, {scrape}]
      3: remove the bark of a tree [syn: {bark}, {skin}]
      4: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: {skin}, {peel},
         {pare}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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