skinned

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verbremove outer covering

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adjective. exposed, tender, referring to skin

Word Origin & History

c.1200, "animal hide" (usually dressed and tanned), from Old Norse skinn "animal hide, fur," from Proto-Germanic *skintha- (cf. Old English scinn (rare), Old High German scinten, German schinden "to flay, skin;" German dialectal schind "skin of a fruit," Flemish schinde "bark"), from PIE *sken- "to cut off" (cf. Breton scant "scale of a fish," Irish scainim "I tear, I burst"), from root *sek- "to cut" (see section (n.)).

The usual Anglo-Saxon word is hide (n.1). Meaning "epidermis of a living animal or person" is attested from early 14c.; extended to fruits, vegetables, etc. late 14c. Jazz slang sense of "drum" is from 1927. Meaning "a skinhead" is from 1970. As an adjective, it formerly had a slang sense of "cheating" (1868); sense of "pornographic" is attested from 1968. Skin deep is first attested in this:

The skin of one's teeth as the narrowest of margins is attested from 1550s in the Geneva Bible literal translation of the Hebrew text in Job xix:20. To get under (someone's) skin "annoy" is from 1896. Skin-graft is from 1871. Skin merchant "recruiting officer" is from 1792.

Example Sentences for skinned

He was mate of a ship and smart as a red pepper poultice on a skinned heel.

Jacob skinned them willow sticks, and skinned the old man, too.

The beggar—would make you laugh telling you how he skinned his own father.

He's slipped the bunch, skinned a leader's nose, jammed against the rail.

If it is desired to have the fish juicy and with their full flavour, do not have them skinned.

They shot a scrub horse that gave out on them and skinned the brand.

Our ox was instantly killed, skinned, cut to pieces, and distributed.

You know I have been accustomed to such things, as eels are to be skinned.

"This wrist is a little lame, and my knee is skinned," was the answer.

The bears were skinned: we wanted to save their hides for trophies.

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