Definition of peel Peel
/piˈl/ - [peel] - peel
We found 38 definitions of peel from 8 different sources.
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What does peel mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: peels |
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| 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 a short coat | ||
| 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 rind, lemon peel strips of lemon peel cooked in sugar and coated with sugar | ||
| peel - British politician (1788-1850) | ||
| Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel | ||
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Wiktionary 
- peel (Noun)
The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable etc. - peel (Noun)
The action of peeling away from a formation. - peel (Noun)
A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate. - peel (Noun)
A stake. - peel (Noun)
A fence made of stakes; a stockade. - peel (Noun)
A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. - peel (Noun)
A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven. - peel (Noun)
A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. - peel (Noun)
The blade of an oar. - peel (Noun)
An equal or match; a draw. - peel (Noun)
A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone. - peel (Verb)
To plunder; to pillage, rob. - peel (Verb)
To remove the skin or outer covering of. - peel (Verb)
To remove from the outer or top layer of. - peel (Verb)
To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way. - peel (Verb)
To remove one's clothing. - peel (Verb)
To move, separate. - peel (Verb)
To send through a hoop of a ball other than one's own. - peel (Verb)
To sound loudly.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- peel (n.)
A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. - peel (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. - peel (v. t.)
To plunder; to pillage; to rob. - peel (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. - peel (v. t.)
To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc. - 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 (n.)
The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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peel
The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used for flavouring. -
peel
To remove the skin from food or vegetables.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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peel
pēl, v.t. to strip off the skin or bark: to bare.—v.i. to come off as the skin: to lose the skin: (slang) to undress.—n. the skin, rind, or bark: (print.) a wooden pole with short cross-piece for carrying printed sheets to the poles on which they are to be dried: the wash or blade of an oar—not the loom: a mark (
) for cattle, for persons who cannot write,
&c.—adj. Peeled, stripped of skin, rind, or bark:
plundered.—ns. Peel′er,
one who peels, a plunderer; Peel′ing, the act of stripping: that which is
stripped off: (print.) the removing of the layers of a paper
overlay, to get a lighter impression. [O. Fr. peler, to
unskin—L. pilāre, to deprive of
hair—pilus, a hair; or pellis, a skin.]
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peel
pēl, n. a small Border fortress.—Also Peel′-tow′er. [Pile.]
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peel
pēl, n. a baker's wooden shovel: a fire-shovel. [O. Fr. pele—L. pāla, a spade.] -
peel
pēl, v.t. to plunder: to pillage. [Pill (v.).]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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peel
A stronghold of earth and timber for defence. Also, the wash of an oar.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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peel
To strip; to plunder; to pillage; as, to peel a province or conquered people. -
peel
A small tower or fort.
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