skinning

Removing animal hide

Skinning is removing skin or an outer layer from something.

Hunters skin animals for pelts; cooks skin fish or tomatoes.

In gaming and software, skinning means applying custom visual themes to interfaces: I spent hours skinning my media player.

To skin one's knee is to scrape it badly enough to remove surface tissue.

hunting

hide

Conceal or pelt

knife · fleshing · harvesting · trapping · deer · rabbit · furbearer · gutting · cleaning · quartering

tanning

hide

Conceal or pelt

stretching · currying · beaming · softening · rawhide · buckskin · vegetable-tanned · soaking · liming · bating

flaying

peel

Outer fruit layer

  • stripNarrow elongated piece
  • flayStrip off covering
  • pareRemove outer layer

shave · scrape · knife · blade · incision · cutting · removal · membrane · layer · tissue

culinary

fillet

Boneless meat portion

deboning · preparation · knife · catfish · eel · game · rabbit · squirrel · poultry · plucking

leathercraft

hide

Conceal or pelt

shoemaking · harness · upholstery · cobbling · embossing · chaps · boots · belts · holsters · sheaths

taxidermy

mounting

Steadily increasing in degree

mannequin · specimen · lifelike · museum · diorama · anatomy · sculpture · replica · exhibit · naturalism

Categories
Opposites
hide processing sequence

skinningtanning

Curing hides or bronzing

curing · preserving · finishing · treating · dressing

surface removal vs. addition

skinningcovering

Layer that shields or hides

coating · wrapping · sheathing · encasing · cladding

protective covering

skinninghealing

Restoration of health

regrowing · restoring · protecting · bandaging · grafting

Phrases
Family

reskinning

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG