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peel

UK/piːl/ US/pʰiːɫ/ fairly common us
verb (3) noun (3)

verb

1.

strip the skin off

  • “pare apples”
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2.

come off in flakes or thin small pieces

  • “The paint in my house is peeling off”
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3.

get undressed

  • “please don”
  • “;”
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noun

1.

the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)

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2.
3.

the rind of a fruit or vegetable

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Origin

From Middle English pelen, from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier; both from Latin pilō, pilāre (“to remove hair from, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pill.

Phrases

  • banana peel
  • chemical peel
  • keep one's eyeballs peeled
  • keep one's eyes peeled
  • onion peel
  • orange peel
  • orange-peel fungus
  • peel and stick
  • peel away
  • peel back the onion
  • peel me a grape
  • peel off

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