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skin noun

  /skɪn/
  • (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
 craiceann, cneas, seithe
  • (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
 barr brutha, craiceann
  • (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
 seithe, craiceann
  • (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
 craiceann

skin verb

  /skɪn/
  • (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
  • (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
 feann, seithigh
skin and bones
an scrogall is an t-eagán
skin cancer
ailse chraicinn
by the skin of one's teeth
idir cleith agus ursain
there's more than one way to skin a cat
is iomaí bealach le cat a mharú seachas é a thachtadh le him, is iomaí slí chun beithíoch a fheannadh
beauty is only skin deep
más peaca bheith buí tá na mílte damanta, ní hí an bhreáthacht a bhruitheann na prátaí
soaked to the skin
fliuch go craiceann
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