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skin
has definitions from the fields of zoology,botany,food
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[ noun ] (zoology) a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch
Examples "your skin is the largest organ of your body" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Used in several sets of high reps once or twice each_week it will not be long before your entire upper leg takes_on a razor-sharp definition in which the muscles look_like wire cables writhing and twisting under the skin ! (Howard Fast, April Morning....)Under the trees , there was a dead redcoat , a young boy with a pasty white skin and a face full of pimples , who had taken a rifle_ball directly between the eyes . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)his quill drawings had a scratchiness , suggesting skin texture ; the clay he used plastically to suggest soft moving flesh , as in an abdomen , in a reclining torso ; the wax he smoothed_over to give the body surface an elastic pull . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)That 's what he needs , something warm to his skin , do n't he '' ? The skin on his neck was tight . Related terms connective_tissue body_covering scalp prepuce prepuce skin_graft thick_skin investment buff hangnail dewlap animal_skin integumentary_system wrinkle epidermis sweat_gland freckle pore sebaceous_gland scab macule dermis free_nerve_ending pacinian_corpuscle whitehead blackhead liver_spot skin_cell melanin |
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[ noun ] (botany,zoology) the tissue forming the hard outer layer of e.g. a fruit
Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)It is roughly shaped like a large pear , and when properly ripened , its dark green skin covers a meaty , melon like pulp that has about the consistency of a ripe Bartlett_pear , but oily . And unlike other fruits , one cannot eat the skin of the avocado . It is thick , much like an egg_plant 's skin , so that poison sprays , if they are used , present no hazard to the consumer . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an outer surface (usually thin)
Examples "the skin of an airplane" Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)There is a difference in the experimental arrangement , in_that the U.S. microphones are attached directly to the vehicle skin while the Russian instruments are isolated from the skin . There is a difference in the experimental arrangement , in_that the U.S. microphones are attached directly to the vehicle skin while the Russian instruments are isolated from the skin . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)The boundless blue_air was stretched over the zenith like the skin of a drum . |
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[ noun ] (zoology) body covering of a living animal
Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Measurements of skins are of little value ; every snake hide is noticeably longer than its carcass and intentional stretching presents no difficulty to the unscrupulous explorer . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Black strips of skin hung from it . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)Above the tongue , an aged yellow eye , sallow and time-cast , encrusted within a sphere of marbleized pink skin , stared unfalteringly at him . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a person's skin regarded as their life
Examples "he tried to save his skin" Used in print (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)Now the detective must save his own skin by informing on the girl he loves , who is also the real murderer . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (food) the rind of a fruit
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