peel

[peel]

British politician (1788 1850)

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A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

Noun
the rind of a fruit or vegetable

Noun
British politician (1788-1850)

Noun
the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)

Verb
get undressed; "please don''t undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

Verb
come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"

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Verb
strip the skin off; "pare apples"


n.
A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

n.
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.

v. t.
To plunder; to pillage; to rob.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.

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.

n.
The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.


Peel

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

Peel

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

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.

Peel

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.
2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.

Peel

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

Peel, n. The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.

A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

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.

To plunder; to pillage; to rob.

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.

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.

The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.

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Usage Examples

I like making pies. I have a bunch of fruit trees in my backyard. My loquat tree sprouted, and I like making loquat pie. They're really hard to peel and everything, and it took me forever, but they make the best pies. They're amazing.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I started practicing yoga. I started learning some hands-on healing stuff. And I found really good chiropractors, really good massage therapists, and what I found is I've been able to actually peel off layers of trauma on my body and actually move better now than I did.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

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