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4-letter words (4 found)

INKS,KINS,SINK,SKIN,

3-letter words (8 found)

INK,INS,KIN,KIS,NIS,SIK,SIN,SKI,

2-letter words (4 found)

IN,IS,KI,SI,

You can make 16 words from skin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of skin

skin

English

Alternative forms

  • skinne (obsolete)

Etymology

    From Middle English skyn, skinn, from Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn (animal hide), from Proto-Germanic *skinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *sken- (to split off), nasal variant of *skeh₁i-d- (to cut). Partially displaced native Old English hȳd (skin, hide), from which derives hide.

    Cognate with Dutch schinde (bark), dialectal German Schinde (fruit peel); also Breton skant (scales), Old Irish cenn (covering, shell), Irish scáin (to tear, burst), Latin scindō (to split, divide), Sanskrit छिनत्ति (chinátti, to split).

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: skĭn, IPA(key): /skɪn/
    • Rhymes: -ɪn

    Noun

    skin (countable and uncountable, plural skins)

    1. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
      Hyponyms: epidermis, dermis, hypodermis; integument, tegument
    2. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
      Synonyms: peel, pericarp
    3. (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
      Synonyms: hide, pelt
    4. (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
      Synonym: film
    5. (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
    6. (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
    7. (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
    8. (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.
    9. (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people.
      Synonym: moiety
    10. (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
    11. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
    12. (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
    13. (nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
    14. (aviation) The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
    15. A drink of whisky served hot.
    16. (slang, Ireland, British) A person; chap.
    17. (UK, thieves slang, obsolete) A purse.

    Hyponyms

    Derived terms

    Translations

    See also

    • cutaneous
    • cutis
    • dermis
    • epidermis

    Verb

    skin (third-person singular simple present skins, present participle skinning, simple past and past participle skinned)

    1. (transitive) To injure the skin of.
      Synonyms: bark, chafe, excoriate, graze, scrape
    2. (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
      Synonyms: flay, fleece, flense, scalp
      Coordinate terms: bone, gut, pluck, shear
    3. (colloquial) To high five.
    4. (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
    5. (UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
    6. (intransitive) To become covered with skin.
    7. (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
    8. (US, slang, archaic) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
    9. (slang, dated) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
    10. (intransitive, obsolete, slang) To sneak off.
    11. Short for skin up (travel uphill on skis, snowboard, or bicycle)

    Derived terms

    Translations

    References

    Further reading

    • skin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

    Anagrams

    • -kins, Sink, inks, k'ins, kins, sink

    Abinomn

    Noun

    skin

    1. star

    Cimbrian

    Etymology

    From Norwegian Bokmål ski +‎ -an (infinitive suffix).

    Verb

    skin

    1. (Luserna) to ski

    Noun

    skin n

    1. (Luserna) skiing

    References

    • “skin” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

    Danish

    Etymology

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

    skin n (singular definite skinnet, not used in plural form)

    1. light, glare
      Synonym: skær
      1. (figurative) semblance
        Coordinate terms: illusion, blændværk

    Verb

    skin

    1. imperative of skinne

    Dutch

    Etymology

    Boroowed from English skin.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /skɪn/
    • Hyphenation: skin
    • Rhymes: -ɪn

    Noun

    skin m or f (plural skins, diminutive skinnetje n)

    1. (computing) skin
    2. clipping of skinhead

    Anagrams

    • niks, snik

    Icelandic

    Etymology

    Deverbal from skína (to shine).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /scɪːn/
    • Rhymes: -ɪːn
    • Homophone: skyn

    Noun

    skin n (genitive singular skins, nominative plural skin)

    1. shine, shimmer, brightness

    Declension

    Derived terms

    • sólskin

    Anagrams

    • sink

    Middle English

    Noun

    skin

    1. alternative form of skyn

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Verb

    skin

    1. inflection of skina:
      1. present
      2. imperative

    Old Saxon

    Alternative forms

    • scīn

    Etymology

    From skīnan.

    Noun

    skīn n

    1. shine

    References

    Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English skin.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    skin f (plural skins)

    1. (computing) skin (image used as the background of a graphical user interface)
    2. (countable, video games) skin (alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game)

    Swedish

    Verb

    skin

    1. imperative of skina

    Tok Pisin

    Etymology

      From English skin.

      Noun

      skin

      1. skin

      Derived terms

      • skin pas (envelope)

      Volapük

      Noun

      skin (nominative plural skins)

      1. skin

      Declension

      Derived terms


      Source: wiktionary.org