skinnoun
uk/skɪn/us/skɪn/skin noun (NATURAL COVERING)
B1 [ C or U ] the natural outer layer that covers a person, animal, fruit, etc.:
B1 [ C or U ] the skin of an animal that has been removed from the body, with or without the hair or fur:
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- She has a very clear skin.
- Don't let that glue come into contact with your skin.
- He loved the feel of her soft hair against his skin.
- As the skin grows older it loses its elasticity.
- Patches of skin are starting to flake off.
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The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals
- -haired
- alpaca
- beard
- coated
- coney
- cony
- dander
- hairless
- hairy
- ivory
- mink
- plumage
- plumule
- prickle
- quill
- spinneret
- vellum
- whisker
- wire-haired
- wool
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skin noun (OUTER COVERING)
[ C or U ] any outer covering:
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The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals
- -haired
- alpaca
- beard
- coated
- coney
- cony
- dander
- hairless
- hairy
- ivory
- mink
- plumage
- plumule
- prickle
- quill
- spinneret
- vellum
- whisker
- wire-haired
- wool
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skin noun (LIQUID)
[ S ] a thin surface that forms on some liquids, such as paint, when they are left in the air, or others, such as heated milk, when they are left to cool
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Coverings and layers
- a blanket of sth idiom
- blanket
- casing
- cladding
- coating
- gilt
- layer
- lined
- lining
- mantle
- mat
- membrane
- rendering
- slick
- tier
- topcoat
- undercoat
- veil
- veneer
- wrap
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skin noun (COMPUTER)
[ C ] specialized internet & telecoms the pictures, designs, colours, etc. that appear on the screen of a mobile phone or other device and can be changed by the user:
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Computer concepts
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- atomicity
- augmented reality
- back end
- clone
- cloud
- corruption
- default to sth
- desktop
- electronic
- gigabyte
- GUI
- reboot
- template
- tuple
- virtual
- virtually
- web hosting
- what you see is what you get idiom
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extremely wet:
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Wet weather & wetness
- bedraggled
- clammy
- damp
- dampen
- deluge
- douse
- dreich
- drown
- look like a drowned rat idiom
- misty
- mizzle
- moist
- moisten
- rainy
- rehydration
- saturated
- soaking
- sodden
- soggy
- sun shower
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easily/not easily upset by criticism:
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Becoming too excited and easily upset
- ant
- antsy
- at the end of your tether idiom 1
- at the end of your tether
- be in a whirl idiom
- explosive
- high-strung
- highly strung
- hot under the collar idiom
- hyper
- hyperactive
- hysteria
- hysterical
- shock
- squeamishly
- stomach
- tether
- thin-skinned
- touchy
- worked up
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Idiom(s)
skinverb [ T ]
uk/skɪn/us/skɪn/-nn-to remove the skin of something:
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Hunting & fishing
- angler
- angling
- bait
- beater
- big game
- gun dog
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- pointer
- reel
- shooter
- sinker
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- snare
- spoor
- trap
- troll
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