skin

Noun

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

• the rind of a fruit or vegetable

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

• body covering of a living animal

• an outer surface (usually thin)
  • the skin of an airplane
    

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

Verb

• strip the skin off
  • pare apples
    

• remove the bark of a tree

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

• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  peel , hide , pelt , tegument , cutis , pare , bark , scrape , clamber , scramble , shin , shinny , struggle , sputter