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Definition of skin verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    skin

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//skɪn//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they skin
     
     he / she / it skins
     
     past simple skinned
     
     -ing form skinning
     
     
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    animal/fruit/vegetable
  1. 1skin something to take the skin off an animal, a fruit, or a vegetable You'll need four ripe tomatoes, skinned and chopped. We learned how to trap and skin a rabbit.
    2. part of body
  2. 2skin something to rub the skin off part of your body by accident He skinned his knees climbing down the tree.
    3. Idioms
    there's more than one way to skin a cat (saying) (humorous)
     
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    there are many different ways to achieve something
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