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Peel Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Peel? [n] the rind of a fruit or vegetable [n] British politician (1788-1850) [n] the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit) [v] get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!" [v] come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" [v] strip the skin off ("pare apples") Synonyms \| Synonyms for Peel: discase \| disrobe \| flake \| flake off \| pare \| peel off \| rind \| Robert Peel \| Sir Robert Peel \| skin \| skin \| skin \| strip \| strip down \| uncase \| unclothe \| undress Related Terms \| Find terms related to Peel: abscind \| acropolis \| amputate \| annihilate \| ban \| bar \| bark \| bastion \| beachhead \| blockhouse \| bob \| bran \| bridgehead \| bunker \| capsule \| case \| castle \| chaff \| citadel \| clip \| coat \| coating \| collop \| cork \| corn shuck \| cornhusk \| cortex \| covering \| crop \| cull \| cut \| cut away \| cut off \| cut out \| deal \| decorticate \| defoliate \| denude \| descale \| desquamate \| disk \| dismember \| disrobe \| dock \| donjon \| draw and quarter \| eliminate \| enucleate \| epicarp \| eradicate \| except \| excise \| exclude \| excoriate \| exfoliate \| extinguish \| extirpate \| fasthold \| fastness \| feuille \| film \| flake off \| flap \| flay \| foil \| fold \| fort \| fortress \| garrison \| garrison house \| hold \| hull \| husk \| isolate \| jacket \| keep \| knock off \| lacerate \| lamella \| lamina \| laminated glass \| laminated wood \| lap \| leaf \| lop \| maim \| mangle \| martello \| martello tower \| membrane \| mote \| motte \| mutilate \| nip \| palea \| pane \| panel \| pare \| patina \| peel off \| peel tower \| peeling \| pellicle \| phellum \| pick out \| pick to pieces \| pillbox \| plait \| plank \| plate \| plating \| ply \| plywood \| pod \| post \| prune \| pull apart \| rasher \| rath \| rind \| root out \| rule out \| safehold \| safety glass \| scale \| scalp \| scum \| set apart \| set aside \| shave \| shear \| sheet \| shell \| shred \| shuck \| skin \| slab \| slat \| slice \| stamp out \| strike off \| strip \| strip off \| strong point \| stronghold \| table \| tablet \| take apart \| take off \| take out \| tear apart \| tear to pieces \| tear to tatters \| tower \| tower of strength \| truncate \| uncovered \| undress \| veneer \| wafer \| ward \| wipe out See Also \| banana peel \| banana skin \| break away \| break off \| chip \| chip off \| come off \| edible fruit \| flay \| jacket \| lemon peel \| lemon rind \| orange peel \| orange rind \| plant tissue \| pol \| political leader \| politician \| politico \| rind \| strip \| take off Peel In Webster's Dictionary \Peel\, n. [OE. pel. Cf. {Pile} a heap.] A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [Scot.] \Peel\, n. [F. pelle, L. pala.] 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. [Confused with peel to strip, but fr. F. piller to pillage. See {Pill} to rob, {Pillage}.] 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}.] [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. 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. The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.

Peel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Peel?

[n] the rind of a fruit or vegetable
[n] British politician (1788-1850)
[n] the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
[v] get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"
[v] come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
[v] strip the skin off ("pare apples")

Peel In Webster's Dictionary

\Peel\, n. [OE. pel. Cf. {Pile} a heap.]
A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [Scot.]


\Peel\, n. [F. pelle, L. pala.]
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. [Confused with peel to strip, but fr. F.
piller to pillage. See {Pill} to rob, {Pillage}.]
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}.] [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.
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.
The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.

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