skin — meaning in English

English meaning

• skin noun The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

Senses

skin is used for these senses in English:

• skin (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
• skin (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.

skin — full definition

1. noun The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
2. noun The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
3. noun The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
4. noun A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

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