skinned

/ (skɪnd) /


adjective
  1. stripped of the skin

    • having a skin as specified

    • (in combination): thick-skinned

  1. keep one's eyes skinned or keep one's eyes peeled to watch carefully

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How to use skinned in a sentence

  • The dead animal after being skinned is cut up and boiled in large cauldrons until the flesh is separated from the bones.

  • At its southwestern end we find the most long-headed, prognathous, frizzly-haired, dark-skinned race of mankind.

    Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris
  • At its northeastern end is the most round-headed, orthognathous, straight-haired, and yellow-skinned race.

    Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris
  • Toward sun-down when they had skinned the tiger, they found its length to be nine feet, not counting the tail.

    Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal Mukerji
  • The brown-skinned, dark-haired man appeared in the entrance of the tent and spoke haltingly in English.

    The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss