skin
noun
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
have skinned
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present perfectof skin.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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Kass would have skinned the jail in late 19th century Arts and Crafts — soothing and restful to the eye — but as a prisoner, she was totally cut off from the open data stream.
From The Verge ● Feb. 6, 2019
In Blue Nights Didion seems to have skinned herself; there is no trace of her trademark cool distance.
From Time ● Nov. 8, 2011
But it would have skinned by without much trouble if the 25-day pilots' strike had not knocked it flat.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I can’t calm! He’s horrible! He ruined everything last night! You’d have skinned me alive if I’d behaved the way he did!”
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
I don't think there are many men now living that have skinned many more fox than I have, yet I can learn every year something new about Reynard, says O. Douglass, of Michigan.
From Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
