| Main Entry: | scalp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take money |
Synonyms: |
fleece, make someone pay through the nose, overcharge |
| Main Entry: | head |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top part of an animate body |
Synonyms: |
attic, belfry, brain, capitulum, coconut, cranium, crown, dome, gray matter, noggin, noodle, pate, scalp, skull, think tank, thinker*, top story, upper story, upstairs |
Antonyms: |
foot |
| 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 |
| 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 |