peel

peel

peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)

1. (archaic, transitive) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
2. (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.

   I sat by my sisters bed, peeling oranges for her.

3. (transitive) To remove from the outer or top layer of.

   I peeled the skin from an orange and ate it hungrily.

   We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.

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

   I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.

5. (intransitive) To remove ones clothing.

   The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.

6. (intransitive) To move, separate (off or away)

   The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.

peel (countable and uncountable; plural peels)

1. The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable etc. (usually uncountable)
2. (rugby) The action of peeling away from a formation.
3. A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate.

	buccia
	skin of a fruit

	pelare
	to remove skin

	sbucciare
	to remove skin

corteccia

cuoio

cute

epidermide

mondare

pelle

rubare

scoprire

scorza

sgusciare

spelare

spellare

tagliare

Altri significati:

A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate.

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

(transitive) To remove from the outer or top layer of.

Common misspelling of peal: to sound loudly.

(archaic, transitive) To plunder; to pillage, rob.

cosmetic preparation

(rugby) The action of peeling away from a formation.

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

To remove the skin from food or vegetables.

The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used for flavouring.

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

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

(intransitive) To move, separate (off or away)

(archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

(obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.

(Scottish and curling) An equal or match; a draw.

A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven.

(archaic, US) The blade of an oar.

(transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.

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

(obsolete) A stake.

(intransitive) To remove one's clothing.

skin (of a fruit)

(to) peel

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