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Grammar : Verb
Spell : skin
Phonetic Transcription : skɪn

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Définition of skinned

Origin :
  • 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.)).
  • Ful of fleissche Y was to fele, Now ... Me is lefte But skyn & boon. [hymn, c.1430]
  • 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:
  • All the carnall beauty of my wife, Is but skin-deep. [Sir Thomas Overbury, "A Wife," 1613; the poem was a main motive for his murder]
  • 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.
  • verb remove outer covering
Example sentences :
  • He was mate of a ship and smart as a red pepper poultice on a skinned heel.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Jacob skinned them willow sticks, and skinned the old man, too.
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
  • The beggar—would make you laugh telling you how he skinned his own father.
  • Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
  • He's slipped the bunch, skinned a leader's nose, jammed against the rail.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • If it is desired to have the fish juicy and with their full flavour, do not have them skinned.
  • Extract from : « Nelson's Home Comforts » by Mary Hooper
  • They shot a scrub horse that gave out on them and skinned the brand.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • Our ox was instantly killed, skinned, cut to pieces, and distributed.
  • Extract from : « Perils and Captivity » by Charlotte-Adlade [ne Picard] Dard
  • You know I have been accustomed to such things, as eels are to be skinned.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
  • "This wrist is a little lame, and my knee is skinned," was the answer.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on the Farm » by Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
  • The bears were skinned: we wanted to save their hides for trophies.
  • Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens

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