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Peel
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- 1 A surname. countable
- 2 A surname.; Robert Peel, former British Prime Minister. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename:; A town in the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC2484). countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename:; A former county in Ontario, Canada, abolished in 1974. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename:; A regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, created in 1974. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename:; A locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename:; A region south of Perth, Western Australia. countable, uncountable
- 1 The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc. uncountable, usually
- 2 A stake. obsolete
- 3 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.
"Near-synonym: pizza paddle"
- 4 An equal or match; a draw. Scotland
- 5 Alternative form of peal (“a small or young salmon”). alt-of, alternative
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- 6 the rind of a fruit or vegetable wordnet
- 7 The action of peeling away from a formation. countable
- 8 A fence made of stakes; a stockade. obsolete
- 9 A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
- 10 A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
- 11 A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate. countable
- 12 A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. archaic
- 13 The blade of an oar. US, archaic
- 1 To remove the skin or outer covering of. transitive
"I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her."
- 2 To play a peel shot.
- 3 To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
- 4 To plunder; to pillage, rob. archaic, transitive
"But govern ill the nations under yoke, / Peeling their provinces."
- 5 Misspelling of peal (“to sound loudly”). alt-of, misspelling
"1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information number XXVI, available in, 1825, The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information, page 401, Oh ! still for me let merry bells peel out their holy chime;"
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- 6 get undressed wordnet
- 7 To remove something from the outer or top layer of. transitive
"I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily."
- 8 come off in flakes or thin small pieces wordnet
- 9 To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way. intransitive
"I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel."
- 10 remove the skin from wordnet
- 11 To remove one's clothing. intransitive
"The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in."
- 12 To move, separate (off or away). intransitive
"The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines."
Etymology
From Middle English pelen, from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier; both from Latin pilō, pilāre (“to remove hair from, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pill.
From Middle English pelen, from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier; both from Latin pilō, pilāre (“to remove hair from, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pill.
From Middle English peel, pele, from Anglo-Norman pel (compare modern French pieu), from Latin pālus (“stake”). Doublet of pole and pale.
From Middle English pele, from Old French pele (modern French pelle), from Latin pāla, from the base of plangō (“fix, plant”). Doublet of pala.
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Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.
From Old French piller (“pillage”).
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