Found 3 items, similar to Peel.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: peel
gelekak, kulit, mengelupaskan, menggelekak, menguliti, mengupas
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: peel
peel
n 1: the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
[syn:
skin,
rind]
2: British politician (1788-1850) [syn:
Robert Peel,
Sir Robert Peel
]
3: the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn:
skin]
peel
v 1: strip the skin off;
“pare apples” [syn:
skin,
pare]
2: come off in flakes or thin small pieces;
“The paint in my
house is peeling off” [syn:
peel off,
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] [ant:
dress,
dress]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Peel
Peel
\Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Peeled; 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\, v. i.
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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Peel
\Peel\, n. [OE. pel. Cf.
Pile a heap.]
A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [Scot.]
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Peel
\Peel\, n.
The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.
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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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