n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: skinned ; skin · ning
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 a : to strip, scrape, or rub off an outer covering (as the skin or rind) of b : to strip or peel off c : to cut, chip, or damage the surface of <fell and skinned my knee>
2 a : to cover with or as if with skin b : to heal over with skin
3 a : to strip of money or property : FLEECE b : to defeat badly c : CENSURE , CASTIGATE
4 : to urge on and direct the course of (as a draft animal)
intransitive verb
1 : to become covered with or as if with skin
2 a : SHINNY b : to pass or get by with scant room to spare