How to pronounce “skin”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
• (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
• (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
• (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
• (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.
• (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
• (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
• (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.
• (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people.[1]
• (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
• A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
• (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
• (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.
• (aviation) The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
• A drink of whisky served hot.
• (slang, Ireland, British) A person; chap.
• (UK, thieves' cant, obsolete) A purse.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To injure the skin of.
• (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
• (colloquial) To high five.
• (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
• (UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
• (intransitive) To become covered with skin or a skin-like layer.
• (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
• (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.
• (slang, dated) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
• (intransitive, obsolete, slang) To sneak off.
• (transitive, art) To remove the top layers of paint from, revealing parts of the underlying medium or canvas.
• Short for skin up (“travel uphill on skis, snowboard, or bicycle”)

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