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n. 1. The rind or skin of a fruit or vegetable, such as a tomato or potato peel. 2. A flat, smooth, shovellike tool used to slide pizzas and yeast breads onto a baking stone or baking sheet in an oven. Also called a pizza peel and baker's peel, this implement is made of hardwood and can usually be found in gourmet specialty shops. peel v. To use a knife or vegetable peeler to remove the rind or skin from a fruit or vegetable, as to peel a potato.

noun

The outer covering of a fruit: rind, skin. See surface/depth.

verb

To remove the skin of: decorticate, pare, scale¹, skin, strip¹. See put on/take off.

In addition to the idiom beginning with peel, also see keep one's eyes open (peeled).

n

Definition: skin, covering
Antonyms: innards, insides

v

Definition: take off outer covering
Antonyms: cover

In northern England and Scotland in the Middle Ages, a small, emergency defense structure, generally a low, fortified tower, usable as a dwelling place.

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pele

Fortified tower-house with vaulted ground-floor for cattle or storage, found especially in the Border-country between Scotland and England.

Pelé

What soccer player has the most World Cup medals?

Considered by many to be soccer's greatest player, Pelé is the only person so far to have won three World Cup medals in soccer (or, what most of the world outside America calls football). He played in his first World Cup game in 1958, at the age of 18, helping his Rio di Janeiro team win its first World Cup title. In the next competition, four years later, an injury forced Pelé to sit out the games, but when his team won, he also took home a trophy. And in 1970, he won the championship for his Brazilian team again, in the World Cup finals in Mexico City. Pelé holds the record for most career goals — 1,281. When he scored his 1,000th goal, on November 19, 1969, he dedicated it to the needy children of Brazil. From 1995 to 1998, after retiring from professional soccer, Pelé served as Brazil's minister of sports.

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A newly recognized Australian wine region located in the Greater Perth Zone of western australia. It's situated around the town of Mandurah, which is about 50 miles south of Perth. The geographe region borders it to the south, with the Indian Ocean to the west. This area is part of what was once called the South West Coast. Vines were first planted in this region in the 1850s and there was sporadic dabbling with viticulture over the years. The modern era didn't really begin until the 1970s. The breezes off of the Indian Ocean moderate the climate in this area and the soil conditions of sand over limestone necessitate some irrigation in the summer. Primary varieties here are chardonnay, chenin blanc, semillon, cabernet sauvignon and Shiraz (syrah).

To see peeling skin, or to peel away the outer covering of something may indicate the shedding of old ways or conditions. Alternatively, peeling away outer coverings may indicate the discarding of unneeded exterior pretenses.

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verb intr.
verb intr.

To undress; usu. followed by off (orig used in boxing slang, referring to contestants getting stripped ready to fight). (1785 —) .
Variety The gals are peelin' in 23 clubs through Los Angeles County (1950).

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For a list of words related to peel, see:

• Preparations and Presentations - peel: (vb) remove outer skin or layer of food, esp. of vegetable or fruit
• Sex Acts - peel: (vb) Slang. undress prior to having sex

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - skrælle
v. intr. - skalle af
n. - skal

idioms:

• peel off    skrælle af

2.
n. - pladestage

3.
n. - borgtårn

4.
v. tr. - sende en anden spillers bold gennem en bue

Nederlands (Dutch)
schillen, pellen, afbladderen, vervellen, schil, schietschop (bakker), versterkte toren

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - éplucher, décortiquer, écorcer
v. intr. - s'écailler, peler, s'éplucher
n. - épluchure, peau

idioms:

• peel off    se détacher, s'écailler, se décoller, se dévêtir (hum), (Aviat) quitter sa formation, enlever (qch)
• peel out    démarrer en trombe, tinter (les cloches)

2.
n. - pelle, pelle (de boulanger)

3.
n. - petite tour de défense carrée

4.
v. tr. - (Sport) envoyer une balle à travers un arceau (croquet)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - schälen, pellen, abblättern
n. - Schale

idioms:

• peel off    abschälen, abstreifen, ausscheren
• peel out    sich aus dem Staub machen (ugs), (fig) fliehen, [aus/von irgendwo] ausreißen (ugs)

2.
n. - Backschaufel

3.
n. - Wehrturm

4.
v. - schälen, pellen, abblättern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φλοιός, φλούδα (φρούτου κ.λπ.)
v. - ξεφλουδίζω/-ομαι, φεύγω

idioms:

• peel off    ξεφλουδίζω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
sbucciare, scortecciarsi, perdere la pelle, buccia, scorza, pelle

idioms:

• peel off    scrostarsi, sbucciarsi, staccarsi, (aeron.) togliersi dalla formazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - casca (f), pá de forno/remo (f)
v. - descascar

idioms:

• peel off    descascar

Русский (Russian)
очищать, шелушиться, облезать, кожура

idioms:

• peel off    шелушиться, раздеваться

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - pelar, quitar la piel, mondar
v. intr. - descortezarse, desconcharse, quitarse, despegarse, desprenderse
n. - cáscara, piel, corteza

idioms:

• peel off    separarse del grupo, descascarillarse, desconcharse, salir de la formación
• peel out    salir de prisa, escaparse

2.
n. - pala de panadero

3.
n. - almena, torreta defensiva

4.
v. tr. - (en el croquet) enviar la pelota de otro jugador a través de un aro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skal
v. - skala, flagna, fjälla, lossna (om tapet)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 皮, 壳, 削去...的皮, 剥去...的壳, 剥, 去, 替...削..., 脱, 剥落, 脱皮, 脱落, 脱去衣服

idioms:

• peel off    去掉, 脱落

2. 长柄木铲

3. 塔型城堡

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 皮, 殼
v. tr. - 削去...的皮, 剝去...的殼, 剝, 去, 替...削..., 脫
v. intr. - 剝落, 脫皮, 脫落, 脫去衣服

idioms:

• peel off    去掉, 脫落

2.
n. - 塔型城堡

3.
n. - 長柄木鏟

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - ~의 껍질을 벗기다, 까다
v. intr. - (껍질.피부가) 벗겨지다
n. - 과일 껍질, 나무껍질

idioms:

• peel off    껍질을 벗기다

2.
n. - (빵 굽는데 쓰는) 나무 주걱

3.
n. - 탑 모양의 작은 성채

4.
v. tr. - (크로켓에서) 타인의 공을 굴렁쇠 안으로 보내는 일

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 皮
v. - 皮をむく, 皮がむける, 皮膚がむける, がはがれる, 表面がはがれる

idioms:

• peel off    がむける, 剥く, がはがれる, 脱ぐ, 編隊から離れる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قشرة, قشارة, بشارة, لوح الخباز الذي يستعمله لوضع الخبز والفطائر (فعل) قشر, يقشر, بشر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קילף‬
v. intr. - ‮התקלף‬
n. - ‮קליפה‬
n. - ‮מרדה של אופה‬
n. - ‮מגדל-מבצר קטן (בריטניה)‬
v. tr. - ‮העביר (דרך טבעת) כדור של שחקן אחר במשחק הקרוקט‬

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