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PEEL
peel, skin
(noun) the rind of a fruit or vegetable
Peel, Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel
(noun) British politician (1788-1850)
undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel
(verb) get undressed; “please don’t undress in front of everybody!”; “She strips in front of strangers every night for a living”
skin, peel, pare
(verb) strip the skin off; “pare apples”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
(transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.
(transitive) To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
(intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
(intransitive) To remove one's clothing.
(intransitive) To move, separate (off or away).
Synonyms
• (remove outer covering): skin, strip
• (remove clothing): disrobe, strip
Noun
peel (countable and uncountable, plural peels)
(usually, uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
(countable, rugby) The action of peeling away from a formation.
(countable) A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
Synonyms
• (skin of a fruit): rind, zest
Etymology 2
Noun
peel (plural peels)
(obsolete) A stake.
(obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
(archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
Etymology 3
Noun
peel (plural peels)
A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
(archaic, US) The blade of an oar.
Etymology 4
Origin unknown.
Noun
peel (plural peels)
(Scotland, curling) An equal or match; a draw.
(curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
Verb
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
(curling) To play a peel shot.
Etymology 5
Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.
Verb
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
(croquet) To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
Etymology 6
Verb
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
(archaic, transitive) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
Etymology 7
Noun
peel (plural peels)
Alternative form of peal (“a small or young salmon”)
Etymology 8
Verb
peel
Misspelling of peal: to sound loudly.
Anagrams
• LEEP, Leep, Lepe, Pele, leep
Proper noun
Peel (countable and uncountable, plural Peel)
(countable) A surname.
A placename
A town in Isle of Man
A county of Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada
A regional municipality of Peel, Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada
(uncountable) Robert Peel, British Prime Minister.
Synonyms
• (county): Peel County, County of Peel
• (regional municipality): Peel Region, Region of Peel, Regional Municipality of Peel
Anagrams
• LEEP, Leep, Lepe, Pele, leep
Source: Wiktionary
Peel, n. Etym: [OE. pel. Cf. Pile a heap.]
Definition: A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [Scot.]
Peel, n. Etym: [F. pelle, L. pala.]
Definition: A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar.
Peel, v. t. Etym: [Confused with peel to strip, but fr. F. piller to pillage. See Pill to rob, Pillage.]
Definition: To plunder; to pillage; to rob. [Obs.] But govern ill the nations under yoke, Peeling their provinces. Milton.
Peel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Peeling.] Etym: [F. peler to pull out the hair, to strip, to peel, fr. L. pilare to deprive of hair, fr. pilus a hair; or perh. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr. L. pellis skin (cf. Fell skin). Cf. Peruke.]
1. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange. The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands. Shak.
2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
Peel, v. i.
Definition: To lose the skin, bark, or rind; to come off, as the skin, bark, or rind does; -- often used with an adverb; as, the bark peels easily or readily.
Peel, n.
Definition: The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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