skin
♦♦ skin /sk'ɪn/ (skins skinning skinned)
1 [N-VAR]
Your skin is the natural covering of your body.
His skin is clear and smooth...
There are three major types of skin cancer...
The only difference between us is the colour of our skins.
2 [N-VAR] usu supp N
An animal skin is skin which has been removed from a dead animal. Skins are used to make things such as coats and rugs.
That was real crocodile skin.
3 [N-VAR]
The skin of a fruit or vegetable is its outer layer or covering.
The outer skin of the orange is called the `zest'.
...banana skins.
4 [N-SING]
If a skin forms on the surface of a liquid, a thin, fairly solid layer forms on it.
Stir the custard occasionally to prevent a skin forming.
5 [VERB] V n
If you skin a dead animal, you remove its skin.
...with the expertise of a chef skinning a rabbit.
6
see also -skinned, banana skin
7 [PHRASE] PHR with cl
If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you just manage to do it.
He won, but only by the skin of his teeth.
8 [PHRASE] N inflects, usu v PHR
If you say that someone has a thick skin, you mean that they are able to listen to criticism about themselves without becoming offended.
You need a thick skin to be a headmaster.
9
to make your skin crawl: see crawlba|na|na skin (banana skins)
1 [N-COUNT]
The thick yellow or green covering of a banana is called a banana skin. (BRIT; in AM, use banana peel)
2 [N-COUNT]
If an important or famous person slips on a banana skin, they say or do something that makes them look stupid and causes them problems. (mainly BRIT JOURNALISM; in AM, use banana peel)
...waiting for the government to slip on this week's banana skin.skin care
also skincare
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Skin care involves keeping your skin clean, healthy-looking, and attractive.
...a unique range of natural skincare products.skin deep
also skin-deep
[ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
Something that is only skin deep is not a major or important feature of something, although it may appear to be.
Beauty is only skin deep...
1 [N-VAR]
Your skin is the natural covering of your body.
His skin is clear and smooth...
There are three major types of skin cancer...
The only difference between us is the colour of our skins.
2 [N-VAR] usu supp N
An animal skin is skin which has been removed from a dead animal. Skins are used to make things such as coats and rugs.
That was real crocodile skin.
3 [N-VAR]
The skin of a fruit or vegetable is its outer layer or covering.
The outer skin of the orange is called the `zest'.
...banana skins.
4 [N-SING]
If a skin forms on the surface of a liquid, a thin, fairly solid layer forms on it.
Stir the custard occasionally to prevent a skin forming.
5 [VERB] V n
If you skin a dead animal, you remove its skin.
...with the expertise of a chef skinning a rabbit.
6
see also -skinned, banana skin
7 [PHRASE] PHR with cl
If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you just manage to do it.
He won, but only by the skin of his teeth.
8 [PHRASE] N inflects, usu v PHR
If you say that someone has a thick skin, you mean that they are able to listen to criticism about themselves without becoming offended.
You need a thick skin to be a headmaster.
9
to make your skin crawl: see crawlba|na|na skin (banana skins)
1 [N-COUNT]
The thick yellow or green covering of a banana is called a banana skin. (BRIT; in AM, use banana peel)
2 [N-COUNT]
If an important or famous person slips on a banana skin, they say or do something that makes them look stupid and causes them problems. (mainly BRIT JOURNALISM; in AM, use banana peel)
...waiting for the government to slip on this week's banana skin.skin care
also skincare
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Skin care involves keeping your skin clean, healthy-looking, and attractive.
...a unique range of natural skincare products.skin deep
also skin-deep
[ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
Something that is only skin deep is not a major or important feature of something, although it may appear to be.
Beauty is only skin deep...