skin
noun
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
has skinned
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present perfectof skin (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The company has skinned back plans for Google Fiber, which delivers rapid Internet service in 10 metro areas.
From Reuters ● Jun. 27, 2017
The young Athabascan artist has skinned thousands of fish.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 3, 2015
The storm has skinned layers of film from city life, and in this little corner of New York, you could follow Midnight’s trot backward through decades.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2012
It would only open wounds that time has skinned.
From Put Yourself in His Place by Reade, Charles
A magistrate who has skinned the place clean, has extorted every possible cash from the district committed to his charge—a "father and mother" of the people, as his grasping honour is called.
From Historic China, and other sketches by Giles, Herbert Allen
