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Noun skin has 7 senses
  1. 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:
     investment; thick skin; skin graft; buff; dewlap; prepuce, foreskin; prepuce, foreskin; scalp; hangnail, agnail
    Derived form: verb skin2
  2. skin, rind, peel - the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
    --2 is a kind of plant tissue
    Derived form: verb skin3
  3. skin - an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
    --3 is a kind of     surface
    --3 is a part of aircraft
  4. hide, pelt, skin - body covering of a living animal
    --4 is a kind of body covering
    Derived form: verb skin2
  5. skin - a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"
    --5 is a kind of     animation, life, living, aliveness
  6. 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:
     jacket; banana peel, banana skin; lemon peel, lemon rind; orange peel, orange rind
    Derived form: verb skin4
  7. 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
  1. clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter - climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
    --1 is one way to climb
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. 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
    Derived forms: noun skin4, noun skin1
    Sample sentence:
    Did he skin his foot?
  3. bark, skin - remove the bark of a tree
    --3 is one way to strip
    Derived form: noun skin2
    Sample sentence:
    They skin the trees
  4. skin, peel, pare - strip the skin off; "pare apples"
    --4 is one way to strip
    Derived forms: noun skin6, noun skinner4
    Sample sentence:
    The chefs skin the vegetables
  5. 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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