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skinned

/skɪnd/verb, adjective1 syllable

Skinned means: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.

Synonyms for skinned13

verb, as in climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter

verb, as in remove the skin from

skin, peel, pare

verb, as in bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of

verb, as in remove the bark of a tree

adjective, as in having skin of a specified kind

smooth-skinned, velvety-skinned

Opposites of skinned

skinless

What does skinned mean?5

verb

1

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

2

remove the skin from“pare apples”

3

bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of“The boy skinned his knee when he fell”

4

remove the bark of a tree

adjective

1

having skin of a specified kind

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with skinned?2

one syllable

pinnedsinned
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Skinned in a sentence

  • Despite being fair-skinned, she loved spending time under the sun.LoverofEnglish
  • Thin-skinned people are easily hurt by criticism.Hybrid
  • Mennad was dating a light-skinned black girl.OsoHombre
  • The photo shows an olive-skinned female in a purple trenchcoat.illiterate
  • Ziri found dozens of skinned rabbits in the clearing.Amastan
  • Living here long enough makes you tough-skinned.Myrano_
  • He’s always talking about soft-skinned beans.Tom9358
  • I was thinking about blue-skinned men, the Andorians.nonong

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