Definitions
remove the skin from
Word origin
From Middle English skyn, skinn, from Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn (“animal hide”), from Proto-Germanic *skinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”), nasal variant of *skeh₁i-d- (“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old English hȳd (“skin, hide”), from which derives hide.
Used in a sentence
“He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.”
“Her skin is pale like chicken skin, after you have peel[ed] all the feathers.”
“In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues
01“Body covering”4 letters
02“Body's outer covering”4 letters
03“Body's outer layer”4 letters
04“Outer body layer”4 letters
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