n. 25B6; noun
these chemicals could damage the skin : EPIDERMIS, dermis, derma.
Mary's fair skin : COMPLEXION, colouring, skin colour/tone, pigmentation.
leopard skins : HIDE, pelt, fleece; archaic fell.
a banana skin : PEEL, rind, integument.
milk with a skin on it : FILM, layer, membrane.
the plane's skin was damaged : CASING, exterior.
cutaneous.
25B6; verb
skin the tomatoes : PEEL, pare, hull; technical decorticate.
he skinned his knee : GRAZE, scrape, abrade, bark, rub something raw, chafe; Medicine excoriate.
(informal) Dad would skin me alive if I forgot it : PUNISH SEVERELY; informal murder, come down on someone (like a ton of bricks); Brit. informal give someone what for.
25A0; by the skin of one's teeth (ONLY) JUST, narrowly, by a hair's breadth, by a very small margin; informal by a whisker.
25A0; get under someone's skin (informal)
the children really got under my skin. : See irritate sense 1.
she got under my skin : OBSESS, intrigue, captivate, charm; enthral, enchant, entrance.
25A0; it's no skin off my nose (informal) I DON'T CARE, I don't mind, I'm not bothered, it doesn't bother me, it doesn't matter to me; informal I don't give a damn, I don't give a monkey's.