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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: peel off vb (adverb)- to remove or be removed by peeling
- (intransitive) slang to undress
- (intransitive) (of an aircraft) to turn away as by banking, and leave a formation
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024peel1 /pil/USA pronunciation v. - to strip (something) of its skin, rind, etc.:[~ + object]to peel and boil some potatoes.
- (of skin, paint, etc.) to come off in pieces:[no object]My skin peeled after the sunburn.
- to strip away from something:[~ + object]to peel paint from a car.
- Aeronautics peel off, [no object] to make a turn away from a group:One by one the jets peeled off from the formation and dove for their targets.
n. [uncountable] - Botanythe skin or rind of a fruit or vegetable:grated lemon peel.
Idioms- Idioms, Informal Terms keep one's eyes peeled, [no object] to watch carefully;
be alert:Keep your eyes peeled for the turnoff. peel•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024peel-off (pēl′ôf′, -of′),USA pronunciation adj. - designed to be peeled off from a backing or large sheet, usually of paper, before use;
readied for use by peeling off:peel-off labels.
- adjective, adjectival use of verb, verbal phrase peel off 1935–40
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024peel1 (pēl),USA pronunciation v.t. - to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.:to peel an orange.
- to strip (the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.) from something:to peel paint from a car.
- Sport[Croquet.]to cause (another player's ball) to go through a wicket.
v.i. - (of skin, bark, paint, etc.) to come off;
become separated. - to lose the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.
- Informal Termsto undress.
- Metallurgy(of a malleable iron casting) to lose, or tend to lose, the outer layer.
- keep one's eyes peeled, [Informal.]to watch closely or carefully;
be alert:Keep your eyes peeled for a gas station. - peel off:
- to remove (the skin, bark, etc.) or be removed:The old skin peeled off.
- [Aeron.]to leave a flying formation of aircraft with a banking turn, usually from one end of an echelon.
- [Informal.]to turn off or leave (a road):We peeled off the highway onto a dirt road.
- to remove (clothing) in a swift upward or downward motion.
n. - Botanythe skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Metallurgythe presence of a brittle outer layer on a malleable iron casting.
- Latin pilāre to remove hair, derivative of pilus hair. See pill2
- Middle English pelen, Old English pilian to strip, skin bef. 1100
peel′a•ble, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Peel, pare agree in meaning to remove the skin or rind from something. Peel means to pull or strip off the natural external covering or protection of something:to peel an orange, a potato.Pare is used of trimming off chips, flakes, or superficial parts from something, as well as of cutting off the skin or rind:to pare the nails; to pare a potato.
peel2 (pēl),USA pronunciation n. - a shovellike implement for putting bread, pies, etc., into the oven or taking them out.
- Metallurgya long, shovellike iron tool for charging an open-hearth furnace.
- Latin pāla spade. See palette
- Middle French
- Middle English pele 1350–1400
peel3 (pēl),USA pronunciation n. - a small fortified tower for residence or for use during an attack, common in the border counties of England and Scotland in the 16th century.
Also, pele. - Latin pālus stake. See pale2
- Anglo-French pel stockade, Middle French pel stake
- Middle English pele fortress 1250–1300
Peel (pēl),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Sir Robert, 1788–1850, British political leader: founder of the London constabulary;
prime minister 1834–35; 1841–46. - Place Namesa seaport on W Isle of Man: castle;
resort. 3295.
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