Origin of skin
1150–1200; Middle English (noun) < Old Norse skinn; cognate with dialectal German Schinde skin of fruit
Synonyms for skin
2. fur. Skin, hide, pelt are names for the outer covering of animals, including humans. Skin is the general word: an abrasion of the skin; the skin of a muskrat. Hide applies to the skin of large animals, as cattle, horses, or elephants: a buffalo hide. Pelt applies to the untanned skin of smaller animals: a mink pelt. 4. hull, shell, husk, crust.
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assail, contravene, tar, evaluate, study, inspect, assess, examine, discuss, revise, revile, decry, smear, denounce, defame, berate, malign, damn, denigrate, mistreatskin
noun
verb skins, skinning or skinned
adjective
See also skin up
Word Origin for skin
Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn
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