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skinned

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verb

past tense of skin
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as in peeled
to remove the natural covering of I prefer not to skin potatoes before mashing them

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Recent Examples of skinned
Adjective
This dynamic complements the friendly camaraderie between Maki and Omura, the former of whom is a bubbly girl and the latter a more laidback, blue-skinned male humanoid with horns. — George Yang, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The one-episode stint, released in 2022, has Withers starring as a biracial, light-skinned teen who should be eligible for a scholarship awarded to Black students. — Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
Mom skinned it, went to the pound to find a slightly smaller dog, and stitched the old dog’s skin over the new dog. — Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 From there, several clusters of yams made their way into the kitchen, where they were washed and skinned, revealing the white starchy insides. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for skinned
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skinned
Adjective
  • Earlier in the day, Miller’s attorney took blame for an unclothed photo of Miller and Emily Moreno’s daughter published in a trove of documents Miller made public Sunday to support his claims of innocence.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Out back, a small sewage-treatment plant converts bodily waste from two flanking portable toilets into purified water, which is piped into a large tank in which yet another unclothed woman, wearing a scuba mouthpiece, floats for four hours at a time.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Combine 1 large red or yellow onion, finely chopped, 3 celery stalks, finely chopped, 1 large carrot, peeled, finely chopped, 1 tsp.
    — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • To save time, look for pre-cut, peeled butternut squash cubes in your supermarket.
    — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • As Gabe yells that Morgan cheated and broke up the family, a grin starts to spread across Nick’s and Serena’s faces.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The Dubas front office cheated for offence in a sense too, deciding to buck the trend by building from centre ice backwards and not drafting/developing top d-men.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After learning that Manchester whipped Maggie with a cat-o’-nine-tails, Lizzie agrees to help the Borden family’s maid kill her.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • That sort of whipped, inswinging ball from Slater that caused so much havoc is hugely familiar to avid Premier League watchers.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • On a plywood bookshelf above the twin bed sat a dozen teddy bears of varying age and quality, some patchy and furless.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • During fall, a train window serves as the perfect perch for leaf-peeping in river valleys aglow in crimson and gold or passing through small towns that look like they’ve been plucked from a Hallmark movie.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 15 Oct. 2026
  • As the party winded down, guests plucked final bites off silver platters and marveled at how tall Skarsgård truly is in person—his nearly six-foot-five frame barely fit under the bar’s low ceilings.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • New financial figures from Anthropic this week also suggest its growth may have flattened.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • That flattened front-end design is lifted loosely from the GT1 Le Mans racer, while the back half has tinges of the 959.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 15 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The petition asked the Virginia State Board of Health to adopt regulations barring biological males from female-only athletic teams and competitions, as well as female spaces in which women and girls could be undressed.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Content created with generative AI, or gen AI, tools can include fake nude images and videos; deepfakes; and content from nudification tools and apps, which allow a user to generate a fake image that depicts people as undressed.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

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“Skinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skinned. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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