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Noun skin has 7 senses
- skin, tegument, cutis - a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
--1 is a kind of connective tissue; body covering
--1 is a part of integumentary system
--1 has parts: | | epidermis, cuticle; skin cell; dermis, corium, derma; macule, macula; freckle, lentigo; liver spot; whitehead, milium; blackhead, comedo; pore; scab; sweat gland, sudoriferous gland; free nerve ending; Pacinian corpuscle; wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line |
--1 has substances: melanin
--1 has particulars:
- skin, rind, peel - the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
--2 is a kind of plant tissue
- skin - an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
--3 is a kind of surface
--3 is a part of aircraft
- hide, pelt, skin - body covering of a living animal
--4 is a kind of body covering
- skin - a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"
--5 is a kind of animation, life, living, aliveness
- peel, skin - the rind of a fruit or vegetable
--6 is a kind of rind
--6 is a part of edible fruit
--6 has particulars:
- skin - a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the skin of an animal
--7 is a kind of bag
--7 has particulars: waterskin, water skin; wineskin
Verb skin has 5 senses
- clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter - climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
--1 is one way to climb
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- skin, scrape - bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
--2 is one way to injure, wound
Sample sentence:
Did he skin his foot?
- bark, skin - remove the bark of a tree
--3 is one way to strip
Sample sentence:
They skin the trees
- skin, peel, pare - strip the skin off; "pare apples"
--4 is one way to strip
Sample sentence:
The chefs skin the vegetables
- stub, scrape, skin, abrade - strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken"
--5 is one way to injure, wound
Sample sentence:
Did he skin his foot?
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