skin
/skɪn/
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Translation
The thin outer layer that covers the whole of your body.
Word origin
From Old Norse skinn, meaning animal hide or skin, taken into Middle English.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- skinn
Examples
.
"Skin" is the thin layer that covers the body.
soft .
Here "skin" is what feels soft.
cream dry .
Here "skin" is the part of the body she looks after.
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