a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; your skin is the largest organ of your body

[ Syn: tegument , tegument , cutis , cutis ]

an outer surface (usually thin); the skin of an airplane'

body covering of a living animal

[ Syn: hide , pelt ]

a person's skin regarded as their life; he tried to save his skin'

the rind of a fruit or vegetable

[ Syn: peel ]

a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

[ Syn: clamber , scramble , shin , shinny , struggle , sputter ]

bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; The boy skinned his knee when he fell

[ Syn: scrape ]

remove the bark of a tree

[ Syn: bark ]

strip the skin off; pare apples

[ Syn: peel , pare ]