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Meaning and definition for "peel" word
[noun] British politician (1788-1850)
[noun] the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
[verb] get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"
[verb] come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
[verb] strip the skin off ("pare apples")
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\Peel\, n. [F. pelle, L. pala.] 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. [Confused with peel to strip, but fr. F. piller to pillage. See {Pill} to rob, {Pillage}.] To plunder; to pillage; to rob. [Obs.] But govern ill the nations under yoke, Peeling their provinces. --Milton.
\Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peeled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Peeling}.] [F. peler to pull out the hair, to strip, to peel, fr. L. pilare to deprive of hair, fr. pilus a hair; or perh. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr. L. pellis skin (cf. {Fell} skin). Cf. {Peruke}.] 1. 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. The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands. --Shak. 2. 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.
Synonyms for peel
discase, disrobe, flake, flake off, pare, peel off, rind, Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel, skin, skin, skin, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress
Antonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog
See also: banana peel | banana skin | break away | break off | chip | chip off | come off | edible fruit | flay | jacket | lemon peel | lemon rind | orange peel | orange rind | plant tissue | pol | political leader | politician | politico | rind | strip | take off |
Related terms: ban, castle, cornhusk, covering, cut out, deal, denude, descale, dismember, fasthold, feuille, garrison, hull, martello tower, nip, palea, pellicle, plate, shred, slice, strike off, take off
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Let's analyse "peel" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: LEEP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1135 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
peel: 5 + 5 = 10, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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