English Explanatory Dictionary

peel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To remove the skin or outer covering of.
  2. To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
  3. To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
  4. To remove one's clothing.
  5. To move, separate (off or away).
noun
  1. The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
  2. The action of peeling away from a formation.
  3. A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
noun
  1. A stake.
  2. A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
  3. A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
noun
  1. 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.
  2. A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
  3. The blade of an oar.
noun
  1. An equal or match; a draw.
  2. A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
verb
  1. To play a peel shot.
verb
  1. To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
verb
  1. To plunder; to pillage, rob.
noun
  1. Alternative form of peal (“a small or young salmon”).
verb
  1. Misspelling of peal (“to sound loudly”).
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A placename:
  3. A town in the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC2484).
  4. A former county in Ontario, Canada, abolished in 1974.
  5. A regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, created in 1974.
  6. A locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  7. A region south of Perth, Western Australia.

Pronunciation

/piːl/ [pʰiːɫ] [pʰiəɫ] en-au-peel.ogg

Word forms

peel peels peeling peeled Peal Peall

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.

Synonyms

skin strip disrobe rind zest pizza peel pizza paddle Peel Region Region of Peel Regional Municipality of Peel

Derived words

keep one's eyeballs peeled keep one's eyes peeled overpeel peelability peelable peel-and-seal peel and stick peel away peel back the onion peeler peelie peeling skin syndrome peel me a grape peel off peelout peel out peel rubber peel the onion peely repeel there's more than one way to peel an orange unpeel banana peel chemical peel onion peel orange peel orange-peel fungus peelless peel strength peel tab pizza peel salmon peel peel-house peelhouse peel-tower Peelite

Translations

Arabic: قشر Armenian: պլոկել Bulgarian: беля Cherokee: ᎦᏁᎦᎵᎭ Cherokee: ᎠᏯᎨᏗᏍᎦ Dutch: schillen Finnish: kuoria Galician: estonar Ancient Greek: λέπω Gujarati: છોલવું Hindi: छीलना Kapampangan: talipan Latin: glūbō Macedonian: лу́пи Macedonian: и́злупи Māori: tīhore Māori: pīokaoka Okinawan: 剥ちゅん Swedish: skala Tagalog: talupan Tamil: உரி Tamil: தோலுரி Thai: ปอก Turkish: soymak Walloon: peler Walloon: schaver Chinese Cantonese: 皮爾 /皮尔 Chinese Mandarin: 皮爾 /皮尔 French: Peel
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