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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skin \Skin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skinned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Skinning}.]
     1. To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to
        skin an animal.
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     2. To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover
        superficially.
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              It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  skin
       n 1: a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense
            of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
            [syn: {tegument}, {cutis}]
       2: the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
          [syn: {rind}, {peel}]
       3: an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
       4: body covering of a living animal [syn: {hide}, {pelt}]
       5: a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save
          his skin"
       6: the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: {peel}]
       7: a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from
          the skin of an animal
       v 1: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: {clamber}, {scramble},
             {shin}, {shinny}, {struggle}, {sputter}]
       2: bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy
          skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: {scrape}]
       3: remove the bark of a tree [syn: {bark}]
       4: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: {peel}, {pare}]
       5: strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the
          dark and now it's broken" [syn: {stub}, {scrape}, {abrade}]
       [also: {skinning}, {skinned}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  skinned
       adj : having the skin scraped off; "skinned knees and scraped
             elbows" [syn: {abraded}, {scraped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  skinned
       See {skin}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "skinned":
     all up with, beat, beaten, bested, confounded, defeated,
     discomfited, done for, done in, down, fallen, fixed, floored,
     hors de combat, lambasted, lathered, licked, on the skids, outdone,
     overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered,
     overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked,
     put to rout, routed, ruined, scattered, settled, silenced,
     skinned alive, stampeded, trimmed, trounced, undone, upset,
     whelmed, whipped, worsted
  
  

















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