The Meaning of skin

• (n.) The external membranous integument of an animal.
• (n.) The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat.
• (n.) A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1.
• (n.) The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.
• (n.) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
• (n.) 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.
• (v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
• (v. t.) To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
• (v. t.) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
• (v. i.) To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
• (v. i.) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited.

Synonyms

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

Rhymes

adin , akin , allin , allphin , alpin , amylin , askin , aslin , astin , aswin , atkin , bedouin , been , begin , bergin , berlin , bihn , bin , binn , blinn , boleyn , bongjin , brin , brinn , bryn , buckskin , bushkin , chagrin , chang-hsin , chin , chinh , chinn , dechine , deerskin , din , eldwin , elkin , emlyn , ervin , erwin , fin , finn , finne , flinn , flynn , foreskin , gin , ginn , glavine , glyn , glynn , grin , gwin , gwinn , gwyn , gwynn , gwynne , gyn , hamelin , has-been , herein , hinn , in , inn , itkin , jin , jocelin , joceline , jocelyn , jocelyne , kamin , katyn , kaylynn , kin , kingpin , kinn , kinne , knin , kyoung-min , levin , ligne , lin , linchpin , linh , linn , linne , lwin , lyn , lynn , mandolin , mcginn , mcguinn , mclin , mclinn , mcminn , mcquinn , mihn , min , minh , pigskin , pin , pinn , prynne , puffin , qian , qin , quin , quinn , redskin , rinn , rinne , schwinn , sheepskin , shin , shinn , sin , sinn , solzhenitsyn , spin , syn , tailspin , therein , thin , tin , trinh , twin , underpin , underspin , verduin , vin , violin , when , wherein , win , winn , winne , within , wynn , wynne , yalin , yan-bin , yin