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Skin Noun Deri Outer Covering  /Skɪn   Countable Uncountable

Level A2 
Kind noun
Front skin 
IPA  /skɪn   / noun [countable, uncountable]
Back deri, cilt, ten
Back 2

skin (noun)

 /skɪn   / noun [countable, uncountable]
 
ON BODY
1 the natural outer covering of a human or animal body
deri, cilt, ten
 to have (a) fair/dark/sensitive skin
 skin cancer
-SKINNED
2 (-skinned)
 [in compounds]
having the type of skin mentioned
derili
 dark-skinned
 fair-skinned
OF DEAD ANIMAL
3 [in compounds]
the skin of a dead animal, with or without its fur, used for making things
deri
 a sheepskin jacket
 a bag made of crocodile skin
OF FRUIT/VEGETABLES
4 the natural outer covering of some fruits or vegetables; the outer covering of a sausage (= meat formed in a long thin shape)
 (meyve, sebze) kabuk
 (a) banana/tomato skin
 note at RIND
ON LIQUIDS
5 the thin solid surface that can form on a liquid
kaymak
 A skin had formed on top of the milk.
IDIOMS
by the skin of your teeth
(informal)
(used to show that sb almost failed to do sth) only just
ucu ucuna, kıl payıyla
 I ran into the airport and caught the plane by the skin of my teeth.
have a thick skin
to be not easily upset or worried by what people say about you
vurdumduymaz olmak, pişkin olmak
 

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