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peel
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peel 1  (pl)
n.
1. The skin or rind of certain fruits and vegetables.
2. A chemical peel.
v. peeled, peel·ing, peels
v.tr.
1. To strip or cut away the skin, rind, or bark from; pare.
2. To strip away; pull off: peeled the label from the jar.
v.intr.
1. To lose or shed skin, bark, or other covering.
2. To come off in thin strips or pieces, as bark, skin, or paint: Her sunburned skin began to peel.
3. Slang To remove one's clothes; undress.
Phrasal Verb:
peel off
1. To leave flight formation in order to land or make a dive. Used of an aircraft.
2. To leave or depart.

[From Middle English pilen, pelen, to peel, from Old French peler, and Old English pilian (both from Latin pilre, to deprive of hair, from pilus, hair) and from Old French pillier, to tug, pull, plunder (from Latin pilleum, felt cap).]

peel 2  (pl)
n.
1. A long-handled, shovellike tool used by bakers to move bread or pastries into and out of an oven.
2. Printing A T-shaped pole used for hanging up freshly printed sheets of paper to dry.

[Middle English, from Old French pele, from Latin pla, spade, peel; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]

peel 3  (pl)
n.
A fortified house or tower of a kind constructed in the borderland of Scotland and England in the 16th century.

[Middle English pel, stake, small castle, from Anglo-Norman, stockade, variant of Old French, stake, from Latin plus; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]

peel
Verb
1. to remove the skin or rind of (a fruit or vegetable)
2. to come off in flakes
3. (of a person or part of the body) to shed skin in flakes as a result of sunburn
Noun
the skin or rind of a fruit, etc. [Latin pilare to make bald]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.peelPeel - British politician (1788-1850)      
2.peel - the rind of a fruit or vegetable
rind - the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
jacket - the outer skin of a potato
banana peel, banana skin - the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded); "he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell"
lemon peel, lemon rind - the rind of a lemon
orange peel, orange rind - the rind of an orange
Verb1.peel - strip the skin off; "pare apples"
peel off - peel off the outer layer of something
strip - remove the surface from; "strip wood"
flay - strip the skin off
2.peel - come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
chip, chip off, break away, break off, come off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
3.peelpeel - get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
take off - remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"
undress, disinvest, divest, strip - remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
take off - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"

peel
verb 2. skin, scale, strip, pare, shuck, flake off, decorticate (rare) take the skin or rind off
Translations

peel [piːl] npiel f [of orange, lemon] → cáscara: (removed) → peladuras fpl
vtpelar
vi [paint etc] → desconcharse; [wallpaper] → despegarse, desprenderse
peel back vtpelar
peel [piːl] npelure f, épluchure f [of orange, lemon]; écorce f
vi [paint etc] → s'écailler; [wallpaper] → se décoller; [skin] → peler
peel back vtdécoller
peel [piːl] nSchale f
vtschälen
vi [paint] → abblättern; [wallpaper] → sich lösen; [skin, back etc] → sich schälen
peel back peel vtabziehen
peel [piːl] nbuccia; [of orange, lemon] → scorza
vtsbucciare
vi [paint etc] → staccarsi
peel back vttogliere, levare

peel
v peel [piːl]
1 to take off the skin or outer covering of (a fruit or vegetable) She peeled the potatoes. skil قِشْرَه беля loupat skrælle schälen ξεφλουδίζω pelar koorima پوست کندن kuoria peler לְקַלֵף छीलना ljuštiti (meg)hámoz mengupas afhÿða, flysja sbucciare, pelare 皮をむく 껍질을 벗기다 (nu)lupti, (nu)skusti []mizot mengupas schillen skrelle, pille obierać descascar a (de)coji чистить šúpať, bieliť lupiti oguliti skala ปอกเปลือก (kabuğunu) soymak 剝皮 очищати; лущити چھيلنا gọt vỏ
2 to take off or come off in small pieces The paint is beginning to peel (off). afskil, afdop يَتَقَشَّر лющя loupat se skalle abblättern ξεφλουδίζω, θρυμματίζομαι pelarse, desconcharse kooruma ور آمدن lohkeilla peler, (s')écailler לְהִתקַלֵף ढीला पड़ जाना guliti lepattogzik mengelupas flagna staccarsi はげる 벗어지다 luptis lobīt; lobīties mengelupas afbladderen flasse av łuszczyć się descascar a se scoroji, a se decoji лупиться, шелушиться lúpať sa luščiti (se) ljuštiti se flagna, fjälla กะเทาะ soyulmak, pul pul dökülmek 脫落 лущитися, злізати اچٹنا، ٹوٹ ٹوٹ کر گرنا bong ra
n
the skin of certain fruits, especially oranges, lemons etc. skil قِشْر кора kůra, slupka skal die Schale φλούδα piel, corteza koor پوست میوه kuori écorce קְלִיפָּה छिलका kora,ljuska (gyümölcs)héj kulit buah börkur, hÿði buccia, scorza, pelle 껍질 žievė, žievelė miza kulit schil skall; skrell skórka casca coajă кожура kôra, šupka lupina kora skal เปลือก kabuk 果皮 кірка, лушпайка چھلکا vỏ
n ˈpeeler
a tool etc that peels (something) a potato-peeler. skiller مِقْشَرَه белачка loupač skræller; -skræller der Schäler αποφλοιωτής pelador koorimisnuga وسیله پوست کندن kuorimaveitsi éplucheur מַקלֵף छिलने वाला stroj za guljenje hámozókés alat pengupas flysjari, skrælari sbucciapatate/pelapatate 皮むき器 껍질 벗기는 기구 skutiklis mizotājs; sakņu nazis pengupas schilmes skreller przyrząd do obierania descascador maşină de decojit приспособление для очистки от кожуры/кожицы škrabák lupilnik nož za ljuštenje skalare, skalkniv ที่ปอกเปลือก soyucu 剝皮器 інструмент для обдирання, лушпиння چھيلنے کا آلہ dụng cụ bóc vỏ
n pl ˈpeelings
the strips or pieces of skin peeled off an apple, potato etc potato peelings. skille قُشور обелки slupky skræller; -skræller die Schale φλούδες (πληθ.) peladuras koored پوست کنده شده kuoret épluchures קְלִיפָּה छीलना, छिल जाना, छिलका kore héj kupasan hÿði bucce 벗긴 껍질 lupenos, skutenos (augļu, sakņu) mizas kupasan schillen skrell obierzyny cascas coji очистки šup(k)y olupki oljuštena kora skal เปลือกที่ลอกออก kabuklar 剝下的皮 шкірка, лушпайки چلکھے vỏ gọt ra


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