peel
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EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English pelen itself from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier, both from Latin pilō, pilāre (“to remove hair from, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”).
VerbEdit
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
- (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
- Shakespeare:
- The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
- (transitive) To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
- I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.
- We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
- (intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
- I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.
- (intransitive) To remove one's clothing.
- The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
- (intransitive) To move, separate (off or away).
- The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to remove skin
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to remove the outer layer
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Derived termsEdit
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NounEdit
peel (countable and uncountable, plural peels)
- (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- (countable, rugby) The action of peeling away from a formation.
- (countable) A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
skin of a fruit
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cosmetic preparation
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Etymology 2Edit
Anglo-Norman and Old French pel (compare modern French pieu), from Latin palus (“stake”).
NounEdit
peel (plural peels)
- (obsolete) A stake.
- (obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
- (archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Old French pele (compare modern pelle), from Latin pala, from the base of plangere (“fix, plant”).
NounEdit
peel (plural peels)
- 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.
- A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
- (archaic, US) The blade of an oar.
TranslationsEdit
spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
Etymology 4Edit
Origin unknown.
NounEdit
peel (plural peels)
- (Scotland and curling) An equal or match; a draw.
- (curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
Etymology 5Edit
Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.
VerbEdit
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
- (croquet) To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
Etymology 6Edit
Misspelling of peal.
VerbEdit
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
- Misspelling of peal: to sound loudly.
- 1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information number XXVI, available in, 1825, The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information, page 401,
- Oh ! still for me let merry bells peel out their holy chime;
- 1901 January 1, "Twentieth Century's Triumphant Entry", The New York Times, page 1,
- The lights flashed, the crowds sang,... bells peeled, bombs thundered,... and the new Century made its triumphant entry.
- 2006, Miles Richardson, Being-In-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place, Louisiana State University Press, ISBN 0807132047, pages 230–231,
- As the tiny Virgin... approaches one of the barrio churches, bells peel vigorously, a brass band launches into a fast-paced tune, and large rockets zoom... .
- 1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information number XXVI, available in, 1825, The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information, page 401,
Etymology 7Edit
Old French piller (“pillage”).
VerbEdit
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
- (archaic, transitive) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
- Milton:
- But govern ill the nations under yoke, / Peeling their provinces.
- Milton: