Peel
    n 1: British politician (1788-1850) [syn: Peel, Robert Peel,
         Sir Robert Peel]
    2: the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: peel, skin]
    v 1: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: skin, peel,
         pare]
    2: come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my
       house is peeling off" [syn: peel off, peel, flake off,
       flake]
    3: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!";
       "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
       [syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip,
       strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant: apparel, clothe,
       dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get
       dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog]

Peel \Peel\, v. i.
   1. 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.
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   2. To strip naked; to disrobe. Often used with down .
      [nformal]
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Peel \Peel\ (p[=e]l), n. [OE. pel. Cf. Pile a heap.]
   A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [Scot.]
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Peel \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.
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Peel \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.]
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         But govern ill the nations under yoke,
         Peeling their provinces.                 --Milton.
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Peel \Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peeled (p[=e]ld); 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.
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            The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin
      of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
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Peel \Peel\, n.
   The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.
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