"skinning" in the verb sense
1. clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
2. skin, scrape
bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
"The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
3. bark, skin
remove the bark of a tree
4. skin, peel, pare
strip the skin off
"pare apples"
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