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verb (used with object)

to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange.

to strip (the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.) from something: to peel paint from a car.

Croquet. to cause (another player's ball) to go through a wicket.

verb (used without object)

(of skin, bark, paint, etc.) to come off; become separated.

to lose the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.

Informal. to undress.

Metallurgy. (of a malleable iron casting) to lose, or tend to lose, the outer layer.

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noun

the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.

Metallurgy. the presence of a brittle outer layer on a malleable iron casting.

Verb phrase

10.

peel off,

to remove (the skin, bark, etc.) or be removed: The old skin peeled off.

Aeronautics. to leave a flying formation of aircraft with a banking turn, usually from one end of an echelon.

Informal. to turn off or leave (a road): We peeled off the highway onto a dirt road.

to remove (clothing) in a swift upward or downward motion.

Idiom

11.

keep one's eyes peeled, Informal. to watch closely or carefully; be alert: Keep your eyes peeled for a gas station.

Origin:
before 1100; Middle English pelen, Old English pilian to strip, skin < Latin pilāre to remove hair, derivative of pilus hair. See pill²

Related forms

peel·a·ble, adjective

un·peel·a·ble, adjective

un·peeled, adjective

Synonyms
1. Peel, pare agree in meaning to remove the skin or rind from something. Peel means to pull or strip off the natural external covering or protection of something: to peel an orange, a potato. Pare is used of trimming off chips, flakes, or superficial parts from something, as well as of cutting off the skin or rind: to pare the nails; to pare a potato.

Example Sentences

Within the last year beauty brands in every price range have introduced some version of the at-home peel kit.

Carefully zest the lemons with a zester or vegetable peeler so there is no white pith on the peel.

Peel is a practising physician and national expert on medical privacy.

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Within the last year beauty brands in every price range have introduced some version of the at-home peel kit.

Carefully zest the lemons with a zester or vegetable peeler so there is no white pith on the peel.

Peel is a practising physician and national expert on medical privacy.

Peel the cooled eggs and slice them in half lengthwise.

Agricultural scientists could breed bananas with varying peel thicknesses so that each banana would ripen at a different rate.

Put tomatoes through food mill or press through strainer to remove seeds and peel.

When paint is dry, peel off sheet's backing and position the stencil on the pot where you want it.

One study even found that banana peel extract could help treat enlarged prostates.

Place the cloves and dried citrus peel into a metal tea ball or in.

Yet when you start to peel off the layers of that argument, it seems to have numerous flaws.

It is a brilliant label: succinct, sticky and hard to peel off.

Garnish with a sprig of mint and top with the lemon peel and a dusting of sugar.

Bret should probably peel back another layer of that rotten onion.

Though he concedes it might happen, he has never seen an animal with sunburn peel.

Peel the backing off the copper foil and lay it on top of the smooth velcro's sticky backing, cutting to remove any excess.

Stop the machine, and add the garlic, remaining lemon juice and orange peel.

The union sticker won't peel off my jacket, having adhered to the suede.

The fruit is turned against metal points that score the peel which, gently pressed, releases the essence.

Uniting these two branches of physics would peel back time further and allow scientists to.

Well, imagine that you have been peeling layer after layer until you couldn't peel off anymore.

After cooking, the flesh pulls away from the peel in long strands.

Following its curve with the knife, slice off the peel and white pith.

To really peel off the seconds is where the real work comes in.

Place the peel in a jar, add the sugar, and toss to coat.

Peel off the casing, heat, and pop it on top of saltine crackers.

Slices of the sweetest onion came with ponzu, a citrus sauce made from yuzu, whose peel is as fragrant as its flesh is bitter.

Kellan likes to peel the paper off, leaving me to wonder if a tiny stick is burnt orange or chestnut.

Over time, scientists peel away layers of reality to expose what lies beneath the surface.

Wash and trim spears, lightly peel the base of tougher stalks, and pat dry.

Use a scraping tool to peel away flesh between leaf shape and its frame.

Peel the striker from the matchbook and separate it from as much paper as you can.

Blanch julienned pieces of orange peel in boiling water two to three minutes.

Let's not peel back the protective layer hiding the crazies on campus.

Peel the onion back a layer, and you'll see they are all on the take from the companies whose lobbyists have written the bill.

Pollution and the weather have caused paint in many murals to bubble or peel.

But it couldn't be simpler to peel it away by applying moderate force parallel to the tabletop.

Top the bananas with a sprinkling of grated lemon peel and offer warm maple syrup to drizzle over the fruit and cakes.

Even a tiny chip, crack or peel will start to break down.

Boil peel in additional water to cover until tender, about five minutes.

One of the requirements for my children to enter school was the ability to peel a potato and go to the toilet.

The kitchen staff will still peel potatoes and scramble eggs.

It's why you can sometimes peel large globs of acrylic paint that have dried on the floor or table away in one big piece.

Peel the backing off the contact paper and stick the design on the globe, smoothing out as many bubbles as possible.

Sure, seeing the human flesh peel off the aliens' lizard skin would be enough to send an elementary school kid to therapy.

Cut the peel into quarter-inch lengths and then into quarter-inch.

No one seems to want to talk about how much it would cost to peel the next layer of the high energy physics onion.

Sort the crayons into separate colors and peel off any remaining paper.

Peel off the rough brown skin and eat the white flesh raw or cooked add to my plant list.

The rubber mesh made the calf sleeves a bit tough to put on, though, and it's starting to peel up on one of the sleeves.

Remove all peel and pith from fruit in largest pieces possible.

Carefully peel the screening away, leaving the new sheet of paper on the felt.

Peel an outer leaf off from the junction where it connects to the stem.

If you decide to recklessly go forward, carefully peel off the sticker.

Another good way to cook mussels is in a broth flavored with saffron, orange peel and tomatoes.

Peel the stencil off carefully and dispose of it properly.

Immediately place tomatoes in ice cold water and peel skins.

Peel back a cell's membrane and you'll find a blur of activity, thousands of chemical reactions taking place all at once.

Using the peel adds lots of flavor to this spin on the popular sauce.

Put a banana peel inside a mayonnaise jar to attract the roaches, and coat the inside walls of the jar with petroleum jelly.

Serve pie with sweetened whipped cream flavored with grated orange peel.

Heat the oil in a wok and fry the orange peel in it until lightly browned.

Using the peel method on an ancient leaf destroys it.

The technique is the same as the one you describe for using rubber cement: spread it on, let it dry, peel it off.

The fruit comes in small berries the size of a golf ball, with a peel that is easily broken.

Carefully peel lemon, adding yellow peel to pot and leaving white pith behind.

Peel back a curtain near the front desk to reveal a backroom grill and indulge in one of the juiciest burgers in town.

The last thing you want is to invest this much time and effort only to have your paint peel a couple of months later.

So lets peel back the tin-foil on the main dish and see what's on offer.

Place the milk, cinnamon stick, salt and lime peel in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil.

Transfer rounds to oven using pizza peel or baking tray.

And all the electrons peel off within one ten-trillionth of a second.

Mix well and add the ground almonds, candied peel and cherries.

Use your fingers to lift skin away from tube, then peel off and discard.

Peel who inspired his followers with a part of his own nature.

After gaining some height, they peel off in small groups, a sea of opal white underbellies.

Roast and peel the peppers over a gas flame or under a broiler.

Peel backing off slowly, checking to make sure the design transferred.

The nuts then have to be cooked to loosen the peel and to make it easier to peel off the thin skin.

Its faint spiciness comes from crushed coriander seeds and orange peel.

Peel called the vascular surgeon, and the patient was rushed to the operating room.

Supple and earthy, with hints of spice and orange peel.

Nonstick surfaces tend to peel and wear out under heavy use, especially if one uses metal whisks or other metal utensils.

Add the raisins, walnuts, orange peel and coriander.

Trim and peel the celery root, cut into large chunks and place in a bowl of water as you proceed.

Stir in garlic and oil, oyster sauce and orange peel.

Peel and trim pearl and cipollini onions and leave whole.

Melt two tablespoons of the butter in a saucepan and add the apples with the vanilla bean, lemon juice and grated lemon peel.

Combine the lemon juice or the lemon peel and water with the vanilla.

Peel the horseradish and grate using a fine grater or food processor.

Split one of the avocados, remove the pit, peel and dice it.

Peel the kohlrabi and finely julienne using a mandoline or knife.

It is undeniably more work for the cook to peel the shrimp before grilling, but it makes things easier for the guests.

Thoroughly peel the lemons, discarding all the peel and the white pith.

Trim the stalks from the kohlrabi, slice off the bottom and peel the bulbs.

Peel and slice the plantains in half crosswise, then again lengthwise.

Using a sharp knife, peel away the fibrous skin of the broccoli and then cut the pale inside trunk into matchstick-size batons.

Peel potatoes and cut sides and ends flat so that potato is a solid rectangle four inches long.

Peel the potatoes and drop them into cold water until ready to cook.

Peel the oranges and cut them crosswise into thin slices.

Peel and slice the potatoes and celery root thin, which can be done in a food processor.

Peel potatoes and, using melon-ball cutter, cut into marblesized shapes.

Peel the thick layer of fat off the back of the racks of lamb.

Remove, and when cool enough to handle, peel the skin.

Peel the celery root and cut out any deep brown grooves.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

a shovellike implement for putting bread, pies, etc., into the oven or taking them out.

Metallurgy. a long, shovellike iron tool for charging an open-hearth furnace.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English pele < Middle French < Latin pāla spade. See palette

noun

a small fortified tower for residence or for use during an attack, common in the border counties of England and Scotland in the 16th century.

Also, pele.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English pele fortress < Anglo-French pel stockade, Middle French pel stake < Latin pālus stake. See pale²

noun

Sir Robert, 1788–1850, British political leader: founder of the London constabulary; prime minister 1834–35; 1841–46.

a seaport on W Isle of Man: castle; resort. 3295.

a river in N Yukon Territory and NW Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing E and N to the Mackenzie River. 425 miles (684 km) long.

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World English Dictionary

peel¹ (piːl)

—vb
1.	(tr) to remove (the skin, rind, outer covering, etc) of (a fruit, egg, etc)
2.	(intr) (of paint, etc) to be removed from a surface, esp through weathering
3.	(intr) (of a surface) to lose its outer covering of paint, etc esp through weathering
4.	(intr) (of a person or part of the body) to shed skin in flakes or (of skin) to be shed in flakes, esp as a result of sunburn
5.	croquet to put (another player's ball) through a hoop or hoops
6.	keep one's eyes peeled, keep one's eyes skinned to watch vigilantly

—n
7.	the skin or rind of a fruit, etc

[Old English pilian to strip off the outer layer, from Latin pilāre to make bald, from pilus a hair]

peel² (piːl)

—n
	a long-handled shovel used by bakers for moving bread, in an oven

[C14 pele, from Old French, from Latin pāla spade, from pangere to drive in; see palette]

peel³ (piːl)

—n
	(in Britain) a fortified tower of the 16th century on the borders between England and Scotland, built to withstand raids

[C14 (fence made of stakes): from Old French piel stake, from Latin pālus; see pale², paling]

Peel (piːl)

—n
1.	John, real name John Robert Parker Ravenscroft. 1939--2004, British broadcaster; presented his influential Radio 1 music programme (1967--2004) and Radio 4's Home Truths (1998--2004)
2.	Sir Robert. 1788--1850, British statesman; Conservative prime minister (1834--35; 1841--46). As Home Secretary (1828--30) he founded the Metropolitan Police and in his second ministry carried through a series of free-trade budgets culminating in the repeal of the Corn Laws (1846), which split the Tory party

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Main Entry:	peel
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	See baker's peel

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Word Origin & History

peel

"to strip off," developed from O.E. pilian "to peel," and O.Fr. pillier, both from L. pilare "to strip of hair," from pilus "hair." Probably also infl. by L. pellis "skin, hide." The noun is 1583, from earlier pill, pile (1388), from the verb.

Slang Dictionary

peel definition

in.
to strip off one's clothing. : I had to peel for my physical examination.

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