peel
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/piΛl/
English
Definitions
noun
- (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- The action of peeling away from a formation.
- A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
verb
- To remove the skin or outer covering of.βI sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.β
- To remove something from the outer or top layer of.βI peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.β
- To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.βI had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.β
- To remove one's clothing.βThe children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.β
noun
- A stake.
- A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
- A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
noun
- A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
- A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
- The blade of an oar.
noun
- An equal or match; a draw.
- A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
verb
- To play a peel shot.
verb
- To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
verb
- To plunder; to pillage, rob.
noun
- A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.