Standard Lemma guide

skinned

adj · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /skɪnd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪnd
  • CMU ARPABET: S K IH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having skin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having skin.

Having a specific type of skin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Covered in a thin membrane resembling skin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Having skin (or similar outer layer) totally or partially removed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • My skinned knuckles hurt until the scrape healed.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Stripped of money or property.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

simple past and past participle of skin

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

having skin of a specified kind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: skinless

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English skin Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English skinned From skin (noun) + -ed (“having”).

From skin (“to remove skin”, verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tenses).

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: blut — stripped of money
  • German: mittellos — stripped of money
  • German: pleite — stripped of money