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# skin

noun (skin, skins); verb (skin, skins, skinned, skinning)

«skin» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The outer covering of a person's or animal's body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#m1)
2. The outer layer of a fruit or vegetable: "banana skin". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#m2)
3. A thin layer that forms on top of a liquid: "skin on hot milk". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#m3)
4. As a verb, to scrape the skin off: "I skinned my knee." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science, skin is the body's biggest organ; it protects us from germs, keeps water in and helps us feel touch, heat and pain; sweat cools us. In safety: protect skin from sunburn; wash cuts; skin colours differ and all are normal. Phrases: by the skin of your teeth (only just), thick-skinned, skin and bones, sunscreen on skin.

### Examples

- Your skin protects your body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#x1)
- Put sunscreen on your skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#x2)
- I peeled the skin off the orange. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#x3)
- She fell and skinned her knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#x4)
- Snakes shed their old skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#x5)
- Sweat on your skin helps you cool down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#x6)
- People have many different skin colours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#x7)
- We caught the bus by the skin of our teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#x8)
- THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/#x9)

### Note

"Skin" is usually uncountable for the body, countable for fruit ("two banana skins"). A snake "sheds" its skin. Sunburn hurts your skin even on cloudy days.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah skin can be the covering of the Tabernacle (rams' skins and sealskins) or the skin of the body, where a disease might show.

**Interpretation.** Priests judged skin marks under the laws of tzara'at, often translated as leprosy. Tradition treats these marks as a sign of a spiritual fault, such as gossip.

### Examples

- and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood; (Torah EXO.25.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x1)
- But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing, (Torah LEV.13.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x2)
- And the flesh and the skin were burnt with fire without the camp. (Torah LEV.9.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x3)
- Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? (Prophets JER.13.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x4)
- And these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent. (Prophets JOS.9.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x5)
- Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? (Writings JOB.40.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x6)

### Note

"Skin" is usually uncountable for the body, countable for fruit ("two banana skins"). A snake "sheds" its skin. Sunburn hurts your skin even on cloudy days.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «skin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«skin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/skin.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «skin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«skin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/skin.html) on Mova free.