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unskins

unskins is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unskin.

Meaning of unskin

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To 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

Questions about unskins

What is unskins the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unskins is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unskin.

Words near unskins in the dictionary

  1. unskimpy
  2. unskin
  3. unskinned
  4. unskinning
  5. unskinny
  6. unskins
  7. unskip
  8. unskipable
  9. unskippable
  10. unskipped
  11. unskirted

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