skin

a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

“your skin is the largest organ of your body”

an outer surface (usually thin)

“the skin of an airplane”

body covering of a living animal

a person's skin regarded as their life

“he tried to save his skin”

a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent

a person whose head is bald or shaved

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of

“The boy skinned his knee when he fell”

“Did he skin his foot?”

remove the bark of a tree

“They skin the trees”

remove the skin from

“pare apples”

“The chefs skin the vegetables”