skin

skin1 [ skın ] noun count or uncount ***

1. ) the outer layer of a person's or animal's body:

She has beautiful soft skin.

A dog's skin is covered with fur.

Most snakes shed their skin several times a year.

fair/dark/olive skin: I have fair skin that burns very easily.

skin peels (=falls off gradually in small pieces): I got sunburnt and now my skin is peeling.

dry/oily/sensitive skin: a lotion specially designed for oily skin

a ) the outer layer cut from an animal's body, used for making clothing and decorations:

Some hunters decorate their homes with the skins of the animals they've killed.

a leopard skin rug

b ) only before noun relating to or affecting your skin:

skin color

a skin disease

skin cancer

2. ) the outer layer of a fruit or vegetable:

Banana skins are yellow.

peel (off) the skin (=remove it): Either wash your fruit or peel off its skin before you eat it.

a ) the thin outer layer of a SAUSAGE

b ) a thin layer that forms on top of a liquid such as milk or soup when it becomes cold after being hot:

Cover the custard to prevent a skin forming as it cools.

3. ) TECHNICAL the outer layer of something, for example an airplane or boat

be (all) skin and bone(s)

to be very thin in a way that is not healthy or attractive:

A lot of these fashion models are all skin and bones.

do something by the skin of your teeth

to succeed in doing something but almost fail:

He won, but only by the skin of his teeth.

get under someone's skin

1. ) to make someone very annoyed or upset:

Ignore Justin: don't let him get under your skin.

2. ) if someone gets under your skin, you are very attracted to them, especially in a sexual way

have a thick skin

to not become upset or angry when people criticize you:

You've got to have a thick skin to survive in this job.

it's no skin off my nose SPOKEN

used for saying that you do not care if someone does a particular thing because it will not affect you:

Let them cancel the whole project. It's no skin off my nose.

your skin crawls

if your skin crawls, you suddenly feel uncomfortable because you are frightened or shocked or because you dislike someone very much:

His smile made her skin crawl.

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skin

skin 2 [ skın ] verb transitive

1. ) to remove the skin from an animal, fruit, or vegetable:

My grandfather could skin a rabbit in less than a minute.

2. ) to hurt a part of your body by falling onto a rough surface in a way that causes some skin to be removed:

I fell off my bicycle and skinned my knee.

3. ) INFORMAL to defeat an opponent very easily

skin someone alive HUMOROUS

to be very angry with someone or punish them very severely:

I thought he was going to skin me alive when he saw the phone bill!

there's more than one way to skin a cat

used for saying that there is another way to get what you want, especially when other people are trying to prevent you from getting it