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Peel

(p/i/l )

British politician (1788-1850)(noun.person)

Synonym:
robert peel, sir robert peel

source: wordnet30
the rind of a fruit or vegetable(noun.food)

Synonym:
skin

source: wordnet30
A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.(noun)

source: webster1913

strip the skin off(verb.contact)

Synonym:
flay, pare, skin

source: wordnet30
come off in flakes or thin small pieces(verb.contact)

Example:
The paint in my house is peeling off.

Synonym:
flake, flake off, peel off

source: wordnet30
get undressed(verb.body)

Synonym:
discase, disrobe, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress
Antonym:
apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog

source: wordnet30
To plunder; to pillage; to rob.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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