unskin

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verb

To remove the skin from.

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skin
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Meanings

verbunskin (third-person singular simple present unskins, present participle unskinning, simple past and past participle unskinned)

present singular third person unskins · participle present unskinning · participle past unskinned · past unskinned

  1. transitiveTo remove the skin from.

    We continue to unskin the neck, and pass the head from within the skin, with the help of a scalpel. We unskin the head as far as the end of the nose, taking care to cut the ears as near as possible to the skull; […]

    1823, Sarah Lee, Taxidermy, page 27

    Synonyms: skin

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo remove the skin from.

Similar
skin

Origin

From un- + skin.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

insunk
Cite this entry
APA

unskin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unskin

MLA

“unskin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unskin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unskin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unskin.

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