Crossword clues for skinned
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skin \Skin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Skinning.]
To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
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To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
--Shak. To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang]
Wiktionary
1 Having skin. 2 Covered in a thin membrane resembling skin. 3 Having skin (or similar outer layer) totally or partially removed. v
(en-past of: skin)
WordNet
n. a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" [syn: tegument, cutis]
the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit) [syn: rind, peel]
an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"
the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: peel]
a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the skin of an animal
v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, struggle, sputter]
bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: scrape]
remove the bark of a tree [syn: bark]
strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken" [syn: stub, scrape, abrade]
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Wikipedia
Skinned is a young adult sci-fi by Robin Wasserman. First published in 2008, the novel has since been renamed Frozen and is the first book in the Cold Awakening trilogy. After her organic body dies in a car accident, Lia's mind is scanned and downloaded into a mechanical body nearly identical to the original. Grappling with the concepts of personal identity and what it means to be human, Lia must decide if she wants to return to her old life, or assimilate into her new one.
Usage examples of "skinned".
Arrange upon it the fillets of four fresh mackerel, skinned and seasoned with salt and pepper.
I spoke of the fertility of the earth there, of the rich ruins to be stripped, of the thick forests, the abundance of clear water, the sad, huddled, all but helpless knots of survivors, the plentitudes of wild and feral beasts to be eaten and skinned or captured and retamed to the uses of man.
James and Darwin skinned it, carefully, while Renner followed his footprints back to the snowmobile.
His shaft leapt starward at the same moment a second dart skinned along his arm.
In such civilised circumstances it was curious to see two or four brown skinned men pulling the carts, and quite often a man and his wife--the man unclothed, and the woman unclothed to her waist-- doing the same.
Hidden in the trees beside the waringin glade Derveet sat smoking a green skinned cigarette, on horseback.
The raised bridge, the aftercastle and observation decks and lounges, became steep knolls skinned in topsoil.
Presently sandalled feet re-echoed outside, and the two guardsmen entered with a strongly built dark skinned man in the helmet and tunic of a charioteer, with a whip in his hand, and a small timid looking individual, typical of that class which, risen from the ranks of artizans, supplies righthand men for wealthy merchants and traders.
In the beginning, Ayla just followed Iza around and watched while they skinned animals, cured hides, stretched thongs cut in one spiral piece from a single hide, wove baskets, mats, or nets, gouged bowls out of logs, gathered wild foods, prepared meals, preserved meat and plant food for winter, and responded to the wishes of any man who called upon them to perform a service.
A couple of experienced squaws would already have had both buffalos skinned, gutted, butchered, and all of the meat prepared for immediate consumption or further processing.
I was taller for my age and lighter skinned that most indios, although I had spent years under the blazing sun of the tierra caliente and most of the year I was dark enough to be taken for an indio.
Brer Rabbit, he whirled in and skinned the cow and salted the hide down, and then he took and cut up the carcass and stowed it away in the smoke-house, and then he took and stuck the end of the cowtail in the ground.
And he want more and gone before Brer Rabbit, he whirl in and skinned the cow and salt the hide down, and then he took and cut up the carcass and stow it away in the smoke-house, and then he took and stick the end of the cowtail in the ground.
So what he done, he took a bead and skinned half the handlebar mustache off of the ringleader, who had stood up in the boat and was hollering about how E.
A final scramble over some rocks brought her to a narrow beach, screened by gracefully curved, red skinned madrona trees with shiny, dark-green leaves, far enough from the main path to deter carriers of picnic chests and folding chairs.