SKIN

[verb] [T] -nn-To skin something is to remove its skin.The hunters skinned the deer they had killed.You can skin tomatoes by putting them briefly in hot water.I skinned my knee (= I hurt my knee by rubbing skin off it) when I fell down the steps. [T](informal) to punish or tell someone off severely(esp. humorous) My mother will skin me alive for being so late home.