Peel

verb peels · peeling · peeled

1. transitive To remove the skin or outer covering of. I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
2. transitive To remove something from the outer or top layer of. I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.
3. 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.
4. intransitive To remove one's clothing. The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
5. intransitive To move, separate (off or away). The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.

noun peels

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

noun peels

1. obsolete A stake.
2. obsolete A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
3. archaic A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

noun peels

1. A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven. Near-synonym: pizza paddle
2. A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
3. US, archaic The blade of an oar.

noun peels

1. Scotland An equal or match; a draw.
2. A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.

verb peels · peeling · peeled

1. To play a peel shot.

verb peels · peeling · peeled

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

verb peels · peeling · peeled

1. archaic, transitive To plunder; to pillage, rob. But govern ill the nations under yoke, / Peeling their provinces.

noun peels

1. alternative Alternative form of peal (“a small or young salmon”).peal

verb

1. misspelling Misspelling of peal (“to sound loudly”).peal 1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information number XXVI, available in, 1825, The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information, page 401, Oh ! still for me let merry bells peel out their holy c

proper noun Peels · Peal · Peall

1. countable A surname. Robert Peel, former British Prime Minister.
2. countable, uncountable A town in the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC2484).
3. countable, uncountable A former county in Ontario, Canada, abolished in 1974.
4. countable, uncountable A regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, created in 1974.
5. countable, uncountable A locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
6. countable, uncountable A region south of Perth, Western Australia.

Similar: Peel Region, Region of Peel, Regional Municipality of Peel