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Peel

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Noun

1. peel, robert peel, sir robert peel

British politician (1788-1850)

2. peel, skin

the rind of a fruit or vegetable

Verb

3. pare, peel, skin

strip the skin off

Example Sentences:
'pare apples'

4. flake, flake off, peel, peel off

come off in flakes or thin small pieces

Example Sentences:
'The paint in my house is peeling off'

5. discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress

get undressed

Example Sentences:
'please don't undress in front of everybody!'
'She strips in front of strangers every night for a living'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Peel

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verb
1. (transitive)
to remove (the skin, rind, outer covering, etc) of (a fruit, egg, etc)
2. (intransitive)
(of paint, etc) to be removed from a surface, esp through weathering
3. (intransitive)
(of a surface) to lose its outer covering of paint, etc esp through weathering
4. (intransitive)
(of a person or part of the body) to shed skin in flakes or (of skin) to be shed in flakes, esp as a result of sunburn
5. croquet
to put (another player's ball) through a hoop or hoops
6.  keep one's eyes peeled
noun
7. 
the skin or rind of a fruit, etc
noun
a long-handled shovel used by bakers for moving bread, in an oven
noun
(in Britain) a fortified tower of the 16th century on the borders between England and Scotland, built to withstand raids
noun
1. 
John, real name John Robert Parker Ravenscroft. 1939–2004, British broadcaster; presented his influential Radio 1 music programme (1967–2004) and Radio 4's Home Truths (1998–2004)
2. 
Sir Robert. 1788–1850, British statesman; Conservative prime minister (1834–35; 1841–46). As Home Secretary (1828–30) he founded the Metropolitan Police and in his second ministry carried through a series of free-trade budgets culminating in the repeal of the Corn Laws (1846), which split the Tory party

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Peel

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Sir Robert1788-1850; Brit. statesman: prime minister (1834-35; 1841-46)
verb transitive
1. 
to cut away or strip off (the rind, skin, covering, surface, etc.) of (anything); pare
verb intransitive
2. 
to shed skin, bark, etc.
3. 
to come off in layers or flakes, as old paint
4.  Slang
to undress
noun
5. 
the rind or skin of fruit
noun
a long shovel-like tool used by bakers for moving bread into and out of the ovens
noun
a fortified house or tower of a type built during the 16th cent. on the border between Scotland and England

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Peel

see synonyms of peel
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.
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.
n.
A fortified house or tower of a kind constructed in the borderland of Scotland and England in the 1500s.
British politician. As home secretary in the 1820s, he established the London police force (1829). He later served as prime minister (1834-1835 and 1841-1846) and was instrumental in repealing the restrictive Corn Laws.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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