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Main Entry:
scalp [skalp]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take money
Synonyms: fleece, make someone pay through the nose, overcharge
Main Entry: pare
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: peel, trim
Synonyms: carve, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, decrease, dock, flay, knock off, lop, lower, mark down, prune, reduce, scalp, scrape, shave, shear, skin, skive, slash, strip, thin, uncover
Antonyms: cover
Main Entry: skin
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove outer covering
Synonyms: abrade, bare, bark, cast, cut off, decorticate, excoriate, exuviate, flay, gall, graze, hull, husk, lay bare, pare, peel, pull off, remove, rind, scale, scalp, scrape, shave, shed, shuck, slough, strip, trim
Notes: skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals
Antonyms: cover
Main Entry: flay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove skin, bark, hide, etc.
Synonyms: excoriate, peel, scalp, skin
Main Entry: skull
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: brain
Synonyms: cranium, head, mind, scalp, skullcap, vertex
Notes: a scull is a long-handled oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward - or a racing shell propelled by one, two, or four rowers each using a pair of sculls; a skull is the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
the skull is the bony framework while the cranium is all the bones of the skull except for one, the mandible/lower jaw
Main Entry: noodle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: head
Synonyms: attic, belfry, brain, coconut, cranium, crown*, dome, gray matter, noddle, noggin, pate, poll, scalp, skull, think tank, thinker*, top story, upper story, upstairs
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