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1. Having skin of a specified kind

1. Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
   "The boy skinned his knee when he fell";
   - scrape
    
2. Remove the bark of a tree
   - bark
    
3. Remove the skin from
   "skin apples";
   - peel, pare
    
4. [informal] Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
   - overcharge, soak [informal], surcharge, gazump [Brit, informal], fleece [informal], pluck [informal], rob, hook [informal]
    
5. [Brit, informal] Roll and smoke cannabis
   - skin up [Brit, informal]
    
6. Form an outer layer of some harder material, esp. due to cooling
   "custard skins over when cold";
   - skin over

See also: smooth-skinned, velvety-skinned

Type of: cheat, chisel [informal], injure, rip off [informal], strip, wound

Antonym: skinless

Encyclopedia: Skinned