- skin
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 covering of a human/animal bodyADJECTIVE▪ beautiful, clear, fine, flawless, good, healthy, perfect▪
You want clear, healthy skin.
▪ glowing, radiant▪Keep your skin radiant using creams and lotions.
▪ creamy, smooth, soft▪ thick, thin▪ translucent▪ supple, young, youthful▪ sagging, wrinkled▪ hard, leathery, rough, tough▪ delicate, sensitive▪ greasy, oily▪ moist▪ dry, flaky, scaly▪ flaking, peeling▪ black, brown, dark, ebony, golden, olive, tan▪ alabaster (literary), fair, ivory, light, milky, pale, porcelain (literary), white▪Jenny is small and slender with porcelain skin.
▪ pallid, pasty, sallow▪ bronzed, tanned▪ sunburned▪ weathered▪ freckled▪ raw, tender▪There was a patch of raw skin on my back where the sun had burned it.
▪ itchy▪ blotchy▪ broken, damaged▪ hairless▪ facial▪Body skin is thicker than facial skin.
▪ bare, exposed, naked▪The sheets felt nice next to his bare skin.
▪Wear clothing that protects all exposed skin.
▪ loose▪I picked up the kitten by the loose skin on its neck.
▪ outer▪ dead▪A lot of dust is made up of particles of dead skin.
VERB + SKIN▪ break, burn, damage, irritate▪ protect▪ moisturize, nourish, soothe▪This cream moisturizes dry skin.
▪ dry, dry out▪ exfoliate▪Clean and exfoliate your skin before applying make-up.
▪ remove▪Exfoliate to remove dead skin.
▪ penetrate, pierce, puncture▪The needle pierced my skin.
▪ shed▪This snake sheds its skin eight times a year.
▪ age▪Smoking undoubtedly ages the skin.
SKIN + VERB▪ glisten, glow▪Her skin was glistening with sweat after her run.
▪ age▪They claim that this cream makes the skin age more slowly.
▪ hang, sag▪ blister, burn, peel▪ crawl, tingle▪Just thinking about spiders makes my skin crawl.
SKIN + NOUN▪ allergy, burns, cancer, complaint (esp. BrE), condition, damage, disease, disorder (esp. AmE), infection, irritation, lesion, problems, rash▪ graft▪ specialist (esp. BrE)▪ care▪make-up and skin-care products
▪ cleanser, cream, lotion, products (esp. AmE)▪ colour/color, tone▪ texture▪ type▪ cells, tissue▪ contact▪Avoid skin contact with the glue.
PREPOSITION▪ against the/your skin▪The sheets felt rough against her skin.
▪ beneath the/your skin▪Beneath his skin, the muscles were tight with tension.
▪ on the/your skin▪blisters on the skin
▪ through the/your skin▪A network of veins showed through his skin.
▪ under the/your skin▪He discovered a lump under his skin so he went to the doctor.
PHRASES▪ skin and bone (esp. BrE), skin and bones (esp. AmE)▪The dog was little more than skin and bone/bones.
2 skin of an animal that has been removedADJECTIVE▪ animal▪ crocodile, goat, leopard, etc.VERB + SKIN▪ cure, tan3 covering of some fruits/ vegetablesADJECTIVE▪ banana, onion, potato, etc.VERB + SKIN▪ peel off, remove{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verb
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
