Skin

/skɪn/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts4 letters

Definition of Skin

noun

  1. The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

    "He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl."

  2. The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
  3. The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
  4. A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

    "In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it."

  5. A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.

    "You can use this skin to change how the browser looks."

verb

  1. To injure the skin of.
  2. To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
  3. To high five.
  4. To apply a skin to (a computer program).

    "Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?"

  5. To use tricks to go past a defender.

noun

  1. Someone with a shaved head.
  2. Member of the skinhead subculture arising in late 1960s England or its diaspora, often incorrectly associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.

Anagrams of Skin

Exact Anagrams

3 words using all 4 letters:

Words You Can Make

9 words can be made from the letters in "skin":

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