peel

B2
Pronunciation
/piːl/
Noun
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

(usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.

2 Definition

The action of peeling away from a formation.

3 Definition

A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.

4 Definition

A stake.

5 Definition

A fence made of stakes; a stockade.

6 Definition

A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

7 Definition

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.

8 Definition

A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.

9 Definition

The blade of an oar.

10 Definition

An equal or match; a draw.

11 Definition

A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.

12 Definition

A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

Verb
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

To remove the skin or outer covering of.

Example Sentences
  • I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
2 Definition

To remove something from the outer or top layer of.

Example Sentences
  • I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.
3 Definition

To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.

Example Sentences
  • I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.
4 Definition

To remove one's clothing.

Example Sentences
  • The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
5 Definition

To move, separate (off or away).

Example Sentences
  • The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
6 Definition

To play a peel shot.

7 Definition

To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).

8 Definition

To plunder; to pillage, rob.