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ENGLISH: skin - CREOLE: koche

Overview of noun skin

The noun skin has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)

1. (11) skin, tegument, cutis -- (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body")

2. (3) skin, rind, peel -- (the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit))

3. (3) skin -- (an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane")

4. (3) hide, pelt, skin -- (body covering of a living animal)

5. (2) skin -- (a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin")

6. peel, skin -- (the rind of a fruit or vegetable)

7. skin -- (a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal)

Overview of verb skin

The verb skin has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)

1. clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter -- (climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling)

2. skin, scrape -- (bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell")

3. bark, skin -- (remove the bark of a tree)

4. skin, peel, pare -- (strip the skin off; "pare apples")