Topic: PLANTS
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| Date: | 1100-1200 |
| Language: | Old Norse |
| Origin: | skinn |
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skin1 S2 W2
1 the natural outer layer of a person's or animal's body COLLOCATIONS 
COLLOCATIONS 
fair/pale skin dark/olive skin dark-skinned/fair-skinned dry/oily/sensitive skin smooth/soft skin leathery skin (=thick and hard skin) scaly skin (=rough dry skin on animals such as LIZARDs) good/bad skin (=healthy or unhealthy skin on your face) skin colour/tone rub/irritate your skin flap/fold/layer of skin
body
[uncountable and countable]HBCOLLOCATIONS fair/pale skin dark/olive skin dark-skinned/fair-skinned dry/oily/sensitive skin smooth/soft skin leathery skin (=thick and hard skin) scaly skin (=rough dry skin on animals such as LIZARDs) good/bad skin (=healthy or unhealthy skin on your face) skin colour/tone rub/irritate your skin flap/fold/layer of skin
2 the skin of an animal, sometimes including its fur, used to make leather, clothes etc : 
a leopard skin
from an animal
[uncountable and countable]HBATIa leopard skin
3
food
[uncountable and countable]a) HBP the natural outer cover of some fruits and vegetables [= peel]: banana skins
banana skinsb) DF the outer cover of a sausage
4DF a thin solid layer that forms on the top of a liquid, especially when it gets cold : Cover the soup to stop a skin from forming.
on a liquid
[uncountable and countable]Cover the soup to stop a skin from forming.5 a layer that is part of a vehicle, building, object etc, especially on the outside : The outer skin of the aircraft was not punctured. The lampshade has a double skin so that it remains cool.
part of an object
[countable]The outer skin of the aircraft was not punctured.The lampshade has a double skin so that it remains cool.6TD the way particular information appears on a computer screen, especially when this can be changed quickly and easily
computer
[uncountable and countable]7 to be easily upset or not easily upset by criticism : This is not a job for someone with thin skin.
have (a) thin/thick skin
This is not a job for someone with thin skin.8 if someone gets under your skin, they annoy you, especially by the way they behave : What really gets under my skin is people who push straight to the front of the line.
get under somebody's skin
informalWhat really gets under my skin is people who push straight to the front of the line.9 if you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just succeed in doing it, and very nearly failed to do it : Two others made it by the skin of their teeth.
by the skin of your teeth
informalTwo others made it by the skin of their teeth.10 to make someone feel very uncomfortable combined with a strong feeling of dislike : Her singing makes my skin crawl.
make somebody's skin crawl
informalHer singing makes my skin crawl.11 to be extremely thin in a way that is unattractive and unhealthy
be skin and bone
British English be skin and bones American English informal12 used to say that someone does not care what another person thinks or does, because it does not affect them : If she doesn't want me to help, it's no skin off my nose!
it's no skin off somebody's nose
spokenIf she doesn't want me to help, it's no skin off my nose!13 used to say that something may seem to be important or effective, but it really is not because it only affects the way things appear : Beauty is only skin deep.
something is only skin deep
Beauty is only skin deep.14 papers for rolling a cigarette, especially one with marijuana in it
