(of skin)

  • 81skin-deep — adjective INFORMAL a skin deep quality or feeling is not as strong or important as it seems or as someone wants it to appear: The problem is that their commitment is only skin deep …

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  • 82skin graft — skin ,graft noun count a medical operation in which skin is taken from one part of someone s body and put on another part of their body where skin has been damaged …

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  • 83Skin-changers —  / Skin changer    Magical shape changing beings.    Creatures who could take different forms at will. Little is known of their abilities; the only skin changers identified by Tolkien were Beorn and his descendants (who could take the shape of a… …

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  • 84skin grafting — skin′ graft ing n. srg the surgical process of transplanting skin to a wound or burn in order to form new skin • Etymology: 1875–80 …

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  • 85skin-dive — skin′ dive v. i. dived dove [[t] ˌdoʊv[/t]] div•ing spo to engage in skin diving • Etymology: 1950–55 skin′ div er, n …

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  • 86skin up — (slang) To make a marijuana joint (see the corresponding sense of the n above) • • • Main Entry: ↑skin * * * ˌskin ˈup derived (BrE, informal) to make a cigarette containing ↑ …

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  • 87skin graft|ing — «GRAF tihng, GRAHF », the surgical transfer of healthy skin from one part of a body to another, or from one person to another, to replace skin destroyed by a burn or other injury …

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  • 88skin|tight — skin tight or skin|tight «SKIHN TYT», adjective. fitting closely to the skin; close fitting …

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  • 89skin|less — «SKIHN lihs», adjective. having no skin or having a very thin skin: »skinless frankfurters …

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  • 90Skin Two — is a fetish magazine covering aspects of the worldwide fetish subculture.The name is a reference to fetish clothing as a second skin .Published in England and circulated throughout the globe, they provide information about fetish fashion, events …

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