skinned
Britishadjective
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stripped of the skin
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having a skin as specified
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( in combination )
thick-skinned
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to watch carefully
Example Sentences
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Along with the distinctive doors, the vehicle was skinned with stainless steel—like today’s Tesla Cybertruck—because DeLorean thought Detroit was shortchanging customers with vehicles that would rust too quickly, Stone says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
It was her husband returning from the day's hunt, a large plastic bag in hand containing a skinned seal.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
Its leaves are like umbrellas shielding the delicate skinned, daffodil-colored fruit from the sun.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025
Wood, who burst onto screens in Netflix's Sex Education, said she was "not thin skinned" and understood that SNL was about "caricature".
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025
Pa skinned it for them carefully, and into the large end he thrust a sharpened stick.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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