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skin back

skin back verb: retract (an envelope of skin or flesh, or an analogous protective sheath).

Verb

skin back (third-person singular simple present skins back, present participle skinning back, simple past and past participle skinned back)

  1. (ambitransitive) Retract (an envelope of skin or flesh, or an analogous protective sheath).
    • Check piston rod for scoring by skinning back protective rubber boot.1963 December, Morton J. Schultz, “Keep the Power in Power Steering” in Popular Mechanics (Popular Mechanics Company), ed. Don Dinwiddie, volume 120, № 6, page 168
    • Proceed rearward from the incision at the anus, cutting the anal canal just above the opening and skinning back to the point just forward of the tail quills.1969, Gerald J. Grantz, Home Book of Taxidermy and Tanning (Stackpole Books), chapter 4: “Mounting Birds”, pages 65–66

Forms of skin back

third-person singular presentskins back
present participleskinning back
past participleskinned back
pastskinned back

Questions about skin back

What does skin back mean?
Skin back means retract (an envelope of skin or flesh, or an analogous protective sheath).
What part of speech is skin back?
Skin back is a verb.
What is the past tense of skin back?
The past tense of skin back is skinned back.

Words near skin back in the dictionary

  1. skin and blisters
  2. skin and bone
  3. skin and bones
  4. skin and grin
  5. skin art
  6. skin back
  7. skin beetle
  8. skin beetles
  9. skin cancer
  10. skin cancers
  11. skin cell

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