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Meaning of peels

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

peels

Pronunciation:/piːlz/

noun

Definitions

  1. A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

noun

Definitions

  1. (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.

  2. The action of peeling away from a formation.

  3. A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.

verb

Definitions

  1. To remove the skin or outer covering of.

    Example: I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.

  2. To remove something from the outer or top layer of.

    Example: I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.

  3. To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.

    Example: I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.

  4. To remove one's clothing.

    Example: The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.

noun

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  1. A stake.

  2. A fence made of stakes; a stockade.

  3. A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

noun

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  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.

  2. A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.

  3. The blade of an oar.

noun

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  1. An equal or match; a draw.

  2. A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.

verb

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  1. To play a peel shot.

verb

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

verb

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  1. To plunder; to pillage, rob.