peel (redirected from peeling away)

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.

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[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).]

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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.

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

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peel ³  (pl)

n.

A fortified house or tower of a kind constructed in the borderland of Scotland and England in the 16th century.

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

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Peel - British politician (1788-1850)       Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel
	2.	peel - the rind of a fruit or vegetable skin 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
Verb	1.	peel - strip the skin off; "pare apples" pare, skin 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" flake off, flake, peel off chip, chip off, break away, break off, come off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
	3.	peel - get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, strip, unclothe 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!"

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peel

noun 1. rind, skin, peeling, epicarp, exocarp

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

Translations

peel [piːl] n → piel f [of orange, lemon] → cáscara: (removed) → peladuras fpl

vt → pelar

vi [paint etc] → desconcharse; [wallpaper] → despegarse, desprenderse

peel back vt → pelar

peel [piːl] n → pelure f, épluchure f [of orange, lemon]; écorce f

vt → peler, éplucher

vi [paint etc] → s'écailler; [wallpaper] → se décoller; [skin] → peler

peel back vt → décoller

peel [piːl] n → Schale f

vt → schälen

vi [paint] → abblättern; [wallpaper] → sich lösen; [skin, back etc] → sich schälen

peel back peel vt → abziehen

peel [piːl] n → buccia; [of orange, lemon] → scorza

vt → sbucciare

vi [paint etc] → staccarsi

peel back vt → togliere, levare

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peel

v peel [piːl]

1 to take off the skin or outer covering of (a fruit or vegetable) She peeled the potatoes.skilقِشْرَهбеляloupatskrælleschälenξεφλουδίζωpelarkoorimaپوست کندنkuoriapelerלְקַלֵףछीलनाljuštiti(meg)hámozmengupasafhÿða, flysjasbucciare, pelare皮をむく껍질을 벗기다(nu)lupti, (nu)skusti[]mizotmengupasschillenskrelle, pilleobieraćdescascara (de)cojiчиститьšúpať, bieliťlupitiogulitiskalaปอกเปลือก(kabuğunu) soymak剝皮очищати; лущитиچھيلناgọt vỏ剥皮

2 to take off or come off in small pieces The paint is beginning to peel (off).afskil, afdopيَتَقَشَّرлющяloupat seskalleabblätternξεφλουδίζω, θρυμματίζομαιpelarse, desconcharsekoorumaور آمدنlohkeillapeler, (s')écaillerלְהִתקַלֵףढीला पड़ जानाgulitilepattogzikmengelupasflagnastaccarsiはげる벗어지다luptislobīt; lobītiesmengelupasafbladderenflasse avłuszczyć siędescascara se scoroji, a se decojiлупиться, шелушитьсяlúpať saluščiti (se)ljuštiti seflagna, fjällaกะเทาะsoyulmak, pul pul dökülmek脫落лущитися, злізатиاچٹنا، ٹوٹ ٹوٹ کر گرناbong ra脱落

n

the skin of certain fruits, especially oranges, lemons etc. skilقِشْرкораkůra, slupkaskaldie Schaleφλούδαpiel, cortezakoorپوست میوهkuoriécorceקְלִיפָּהछिलकाkora,ljuska(gyümölcs)héjkulit buahbörkur, hÿðibuccia, scorza, pelle皮껍질žievė, žievelėmizakulitschilskall; skrellskórkacascacoajăкожураkôra, šupkalupinakoraskalเปลือกkabuk果皮кірка, лушпайкаچھلکاvỏ果皮

n ˈpeeler

a tool etc that peels (something) a potato-peeler.skillerمِقْشَرَهбелачкаloupačskræller; -skrællerder Schälerαποφλοιωτήςpeladorkoorimisnugaوسیله پوست کندنkuorimaveitsiéplucheurמַקלֵףछिलने वालाstroj za guljenjehámozókésalat pengupasflysjari, skrælarisbucciapatate/pelapatate皮むき器껍질 벗기는 기구skutiklismizotājs; sakņu nazispengupasschilmesskrellerprzyrząd do obieraniadescascadormaşină de decojitприспособление для очистки от кожуры/кожицыškrabáklupilniknož za ljuštenjeskalare, skalknivที่ปอกเปลือกsoyucu剝皮器інструмент для обдирання, лушпинняچھيلنے کا آلہdụng cụ bóc vỏ剥皮器

n pl ˈpeelings

the strips or pieces of skin peeled off an apple, potato etc potato peelings.skilleقُشورобелкиslupkyskræller; -skrællerdie Schaleφλούδες (πληθ.)peladuraskooredپوست کنده شدهkuoretépluchuresקְלִיפָּהछीलना, छिल जाना, छिलकाkorehéjkupasanhÿðibucce皮벗긴 껍질lupenos, skutenos(augļu, sakņu) mizaskupasanschillenskrellobierzynycascascojiочисткиšup(k)yolupkioljuštena koraskalเปลือกที่ลอกออกkabuklar剝下的皮шкірка, лушпайкиچلکھےvỏ gọt ra剥下的皮