# noun. - the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal. * I use body lotion to keep my skin soft - the peel or outer layer of certain fruits or vegetables. * potatoes roasted in their skins - a customized graphic user interface for an application or operating system. * music, reviews, and attitude all wrapped up in the skin of a catalog - (especially in jazz) a drum or drum head. * None - relating to or denoting pornographic literature or films. * the skin trade
# verb. - remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable). * scald and skin the tomatoes - take money from or swindle (someone). * I ain't no dummy, and I know when I'm being skinned - (of a wound) form new skin. * the hole in his skull skinned over