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Synonyms for Skin (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)):
peel, rind

WordNet sense 2 (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch):
cutis, tegument

WordNet sense 3 (climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling):
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle, shin

WordNet sense 4 (body covering of a living animal):
hide, pelt

WordNet sense 5 (bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of):
scrape

WordNet sense 6 (remove the bark of a tree):
bark

WordNet sense 7 (strip the skin off):
pare


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