skin
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
your skin is the largest organ of your body
Types & categories
- body covering hypernym
- connective tissue hypernym
- investment hyponym
- thick skin hyponym
- skin graft hyponym
- buff hyponym
- dewlap hyponym
- prepuce hyponym
- prepuce hyponym
- scalp hyponym
- cuticle hyponym
- hangnail hyponym
Parts & wholes
- integumentary system part holonym
- pressure point part meronym
- epidermis part meronym
- skin cell part meronym
- dermis part meronym
- macule part meronym
- freckle part meronym
- liver spot part meronym
- milium part meronym
- blackhead part meronym
- pore part meronym
- scab part meronym
- sweat gland part meronym
- free nerve ending part meronym
- Pacinian corpuscle part meronym
- wrinkle part meronym
- melanin substance meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Types & categories
- climb hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an outer surface (usually thin)
the skin of an airplane
Types & categories
- surface hypernym
Parts & wholes
- aircraft part holonym
Sense 4 verb
bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
The boy skinned his knee when he fell
Types & categories
- wound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
body covering of a living animal
Types & categories
- body covering hypernym
Related & opposite
- skin derivation
Sense 6 verb
remove the bark of a tree
Types & categories
- strip hypernym
Related & opposite
- bark derivation
Sense 7 noun
a person's skin regarded as their life
he tried to save his skin
Types & categories
- animation hypernym
Sense 8 verb
strip the skin off
pare apples
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
the rind of a fruit or vegetable
Types & categories
- rind hypernym
- jacket hyponym
- banana peel hyponym
- lemon peel hyponym
- orange peel hyponym
Parts & wholes
- edible fruit part holonym
Related & opposite
- peel derivation
Sense 10 noun
a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
Types & categories
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | skin |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cutaneous |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | skinny |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | integumentary system |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pressure point |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | epidermis |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | skin cell |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | dermis |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | macule |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | freckle |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | liver spot |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | milium |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | blackhead |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pore |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | scab |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sweat gland |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | free nerve ending |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Pacinian corpuscle |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | wrinkle |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | melanin |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | body covering |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | connective tissue |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | investment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thick skin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | skin graft |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | buff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dewlap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prepuce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prepuce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scalp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cuticle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hangnail |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | clamber |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | climb |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | aircraft |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | surface |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hide |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | skin |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scratch |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | wound |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | skin |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | body covering |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bark |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | strip |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | animation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | paring knife |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | peeler |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | peel |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | paring |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | peeler |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | skinner |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | strip |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | peel off |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | flay |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | peel |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | edible fruit |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | rind |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | jacket |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | banana peel |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | lemon peel |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | orange peel |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | bag |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | waterskin |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | wineskin |