SKIN


Meaning of SKIN in English

I.

noun

1 covering of a human/animal body

ADJECTIVE

▪ beautiful , clear , fine , flawless , good , healthy , perfect

You want clear, healthy ~.

▪ glowing , radiant

Keep your ~ radiant using creams and lotions.

▪ creamy , smooth , soft

▪ thick , thin

▪ translucent

▪ supple , young , youthful

▪ sagging , wrinkled

▪ hard , leathery , rough , tough

▪ delicate , sensitive

▪ greasy , oily

▪ moist

▪ dry , flaky , scaly

▪ flaking , peeling

▪ black , brown , dark , ebony , golden , olive , tan

▪ alabaster ( literary ), fair , ivory , light , milky , pale , porcelain ( literary ), white

Jenny is small and slender with porcelain ~.

▪ pallid , pasty , sallow

▪ bronzed , tanned

▪ sunburned

▪ weathered

▪ freckled

▪ raw , tender

There was a patch of raw ~ on my back where the sun had burned it.

▪ itchy

▪ blotchy

▪ broken , damaged

▪ hairless

▪ facial

Body ~ is thicker than facial ~.

▪ bare , exposed , naked

The sheets felt nice next to his bare ~.

Wear clothing that protects all exposed ~.

▪ loose

I picked up the kitten by the loose ~ on its neck.

▪ outer

▪ dead

A lot of dust is made up of particles of dead ~.

VERB + SKIN

▪ break , burn , damage , irritate

▪ protect

▪ moisturize , nourish , soothe

This cream moisturizes dry ~.

▪ dry , dry out

▪ exfoliate

Clean and exfoliate your ~ before applying make-up.

▪ remove

Exfoliate to remove dead ~.

▪ penetrate , pierce , puncture

The needle pierced my ~.

▪ shed

This snake sheds its ~ eight times a year.

▪ age

Smoking undoubtedly ages the ~.

SKIN + VERB

▪ glisten , glow

Her ~ was glistening with sweat after her run.

▪ age

They claim that this cream makes the ~ age more slowly.

▪ hang , sag

▪ blister , burn , peel

▪ crawl , tingle

Just thinking about spiders makes my ~ crawl.

SKIN + NOUN

▪ allergy , burns , cancer , complaint ( esp. BrE ), condition , damage , disease , disorder ( esp. AmE ), infection , irritation , lesion , problems , rash

▪ graft

▪ specialist ( esp. BrE )

▪ care

make-up and skin-care products

▪ cleanser , cream , lotion , products ( esp. AmE )

▪ colour/color , tone

▪ texture

▪ type

▪ cells , tissue

▪ contact

Avoid ~ contact with the glue.

PREPOSITION

▪ against the/your ~

The sheets felt rough against her ~.

▪ beneath the/your ~

Beneath his ~, the muscles were tight with tension.

▪ on the/your ~

blisters on the ~

▪ through the/your ~

A network of veins showed through his ~.

▪ under the/your ~

He discovered a lump under his ~ so he went to the doctor.

PHRASES

▪ ~ and bone ( esp. BrE ), ~ and bones ( esp. AmE )

The dog was little more than ~ and bone/bones.

2 skin of an animal that has been removed

ADJECTIVE

▪ animal

▪ crocodile , goat , leopard , etc.

VERB + SKIN

▪ cure , tan

3 covering of some fruits/ vegetables

ADJECTIVE

▪ banana , onion , potato , etc.

VERB + SKIN

▪ peel off , remove

II.

verb

Skin is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ fish , ↑ knee , ↑ rabbit

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .