peel

peel

peel¹ [pēl]

vt.

[ME pilien, peolien < OE * pilian < L pilare, to make bald < pilus, hair: see PILE²]

to cut away or strip off (the rind, skin, covering, surface, etc.) of (anything); pare

vi.

1. to shed skin, bark, etc.

2. to come off in layers or flakes, as old paint

3. Slang to undress

n.

the rind or skin of fruit

SYN.- SKIN

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peel off

1. Aeron. to veer away from a flight formation in an abrupt maneuver

2. Slang

a) to depart; leave

b) to go in another direction

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☆ peel rubber or peel tires or peel out

Slang to accelerate an automobile very rapidly, as in a drag race: also peel out

peeler

n.

peel² [pēl]

n.

[ME pele < OFr < L pala, a spade]

a long shovel-like tool used by bakers for moving bread into and out of the ovens

peel³ [pēl]

n.

[ME pel < Anglo-Fr < OFr, a fort, stake < L palus: see PALE²]

a fortified house or tower of a type built during the 16th cent. on the border between Scotland and England