skinned

1. 1
   adjectivein compounds

   Having skin of a certain color, thickness, or feel.

   The dark-skinned children played in the bright afternoon sun.

   She comes from a family of fair-skinned redheads.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Having the skin or outer layer scraped or taken off, fully or in part.

   Like a banana with its peel pulled off.

   He cleaned his skinned knee with water and a bandage.

   She added skinned tomatoes to the simmering sauce.

   Similarpeeled, flayed

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3. 3
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of skin. Use this form for the action of taking skin off, done in the past.

   The hunter skinned the rabbit before cooking it.

   She skinned her knee when she fell off the bike.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Having a soft skin covering over the body.

   Frogs are skinned, with a soft moist surface instead of scales.

   Most amphibians are skinned, so their bodies stay damp and bare.

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5. 5
   adjective

   Covered with a thin film or layer that looks like skin.

   Like the thin layer that forms on top of hot milk when it cools.

   After it cooled, the custard was skinned and slightly wrinkled on top.

   The pond was skinned with a thin sheet of early ice.

   Similarcrusted

6. 6
   adjectiveslang

   Left with no money or property after losing it all.

   Like a piggy bank shaken until not a single coin is left.

   After the card game, he walked away completely skinned.

   By the end of the trip they were broke and skinned, without bus fare home.

   Similarbroke, penniless, skint, destitute

   Oppositeflush, loaded, rich

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