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To peel is to pull or tear away something that is attached to something else.

(verb)

An example of peel is to remove a sticker from a book.
An example of peel is to take the rind off of an orange.

The definition of a peel is the rind or outer layer of fruit.

(noun)

An example of a peel is the yellow outer skin of an banana.

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transitive verb

to cut away or strip off (the rind, skin, covering, surface, etc.) of (anything); pare

Origin: ME pilien, peolien < OE *pilian < L pilare, to make bald < pilus, hair: see pile

intransitive verb

to shed skin, bark, etc.
to come off in layers or flakes, as old paint
Slang to undress

noun

the rind or skin of fruit

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peeler noun

noun

a long shovel-like tool used by bakers for moving bread into and out of the ovens

Origin: ME pele < OFr < L pala, a spade

noun

a fortified house or tower of a type built during the 16th cent. on the border between Scotland and England

Origin: ME pel < Anglo-Fr < OFr, a fort, stake < L palus: see pale

Peel, Sir Robert 1788-1850; Brit. statesman: prime minister (1834-35; 1841-46)

See peel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The skin or rind of certain fruits and vegetables.
A chemical peel.

verb peeled, peel·ing, peels

verb, transitive

To strip or cut away the skin, rind, or bark from; pare.
To strip away; pull off: peeled the label from the jar.

verb, intransitive

To lose or shed skin, bark, or other covering.
To come off in thin strips or pieces, as bark, skin, or paint: Her sunburned skin began to peel.
Slang To remove one's clothes; undress.

Phrasal Verb: peel off To leave flight formation in order to land or make a dive. Used of an aircraft. To leave or depart.

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English pilen, pelen, to peel

Origin: , from Old French peler,

Origin: and Old English pilian (both from Latin pilāre, to deprive of hair, from pilus, hair)

Origin: and from Old French pillier, to tug, pull, plunder (from Latin pilleum, felt cap)

noun

A long-handled, shovellike tool used by bakers to move bread or pastries into and out of an oven.
Printing A T-shaped pole used for hanging up freshly printed sheets of paper to dry.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French pele

Origin: , from Latin pāla, spade, peel; see pag- in Indo-European roots

noun

A fortified house or tower of a kind constructed in the borderland of Scotland and England in the 16th century.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English pel, stake, small castle

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman, stockade

Origin: , variant of Old French, stake

Origin: , from Latin pālus; see pag- in Indo-European roots

British politician. As home secretary (1822-1827 and 1828-1830) he established the London police force (1829) and helped pass the Catholic Emancipation Act (1829). He later served as prime minister (1834-1835 and 1841-1846).

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