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skin

 
 
/skɪn/ verb [T] (present participle skinning, past tense and past participle skinned)

Definition

REMOVE SKIN to remove the skin from something
INJURE (also UK graze) to injure your skin by rubbing it against something rough: Mary fell and skinned her knees.
(Definition of skin verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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