Definitions for Peel

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Peel peel

Spelling: [peel]

IPA: /pil/

Peel is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in Peel (eelp).

Definitions for Peel

noun

1. the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
2. Metallurgy. the presence of a brittle outer layer on a malleable iron casting.
3. a shovellike implement for putting bread, pies, etc., into the oven or taking them out.
4. Metallurgy. a long, shovellike iron tool for charging an open-hearth furnace.
5. a small fortified tower for residence or for use during an attack, common in the border counties of England and Scotland in the 16th century.
6. Sir Robert, 1788–1850, British political leader: founder of the London constabulary; prime minister 1834–35; 1841–46.
7. a seaport on W Isle of Man: castle; resort.
8. a river in N Yukon Territory and NW Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing E and N to the Mackenzie River. 425 miles (684 km) long.

Idioms

1. keep one's eyes peeled, Informal. to watch closely or carefully; be alert:

Verb phrases

1. peel off, to remove (the skin, bark, etc.) or be removed: Aeronautics. to leave a flying formation of aircraft with a banking turn, usually from one end of an echelon. Informal. to turn off or leave (a road): to remove (clothing) in a swift upward or downward motion.

verb (used with object)

1. to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.:
2. to strip (the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.) from something:
3. Croquet. to cause (another player's ball) to go through a wicket.

verb (used without object)

1. (of skin, bark, paint, etc.) to come off; become separated.
2. to lose the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.
3. Informal. to undress.
4. Metallurgy. (of a malleable iron casting) to lose, or tend to lose, the outer layer.

Origin of Peel

before 1100; Middle English pelen, Old English pilian to strip, skin Latin pilāre to remove hair, derivative of pilus hair. See pill²

Examples for Peel

In the mean time, peel and boil in a sauce-pan a dozen onions.

You can peel the stuff out of your pockets with one hand, I figure.

Then peel them, send them to table whole, and eat them with butter and salt.

peel it, chop it, steam or boil it and turn it into muffins, or pie, or biscuits or a curry or soup.

peel, slice them, and fry them brown in butter or nice dripping.

peel a dozen onions, and throw them into salt and water to keep them white.

I thought it was so sweet of them, and I had to peel it off her.

We learning how to dice an onion into perfect, tiny cubes (the secret is not to remove the root when you peel the skin).

Holding the match a few inches above the drink, quickly squeeze the peel in the direction of the match.

For me as an actor, too, it was nice to be able to peel another layer off her and realize that this is something that she wants.