peel+off

  • 31peel — 1 verb 1 (T) to remove the skin from fruit or vegetables: peeling potatoes 2 peel sth from/away/off etc (transitive always + adv/prep) to remove the outer layer from something: Jessie peeled the wrapper from the sweet. 3 (I) a) to lose an outer… …

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  • 32peel — I UK [piːl] / US [pɪl] verb Word forms peel : present tense I/you/we/they peel he/she/it peels present participle peeling past tense peeled past participle peeled * 1) [transitive] to remove the skin from a fruit or vegetable First peel the… …

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  • 33peel something off — (Brit. informal) TAKE OFF, strip off, remove. → peel * * * ˌpeel ˈoff | ˌpeel (sth)ˈoff derived (informal) to remove some or all of your clothes • You look hot why don t you peel off? …

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  • 34peel — Synonyms and related words: abscind, acropolis, amputate, annihilate, ban, bar, bark, bastion, beachhead, blockhouse, bob, bran, bridgehead, bunker, capsule, case, castle, chaff, citadel, clip, coat, coating, collop, cork, corn shuck, cornhusk,… …

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  • 35peel — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. a strip the skin, rind, bark, wrapping, etc. from (a fruit, vegetable, tree, etc.). b (usu. foll. by off) strip (skin, peel, wrapping, etc.) from a fruit etc. 2 intr. a (of a tree, an animal s or person s body, a painted… …

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  • 36Peel — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. a strip the skin, rind, bark, wrapping, etc. from (a fruit, vegetable, tree, etc.). b (usu. foll. by off) strip (skin, peel, wrapping, etc.) from a fruit etc. 2 intr. a (of a tree, an animal s or person s body, a painted… …

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  • 37peel — I [[t]pil[/t]] v. t. 1) to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc 2) to strip away from something: to peel paint from a car[/ex] 3) (of skin, bark, paint, etc.) to come off in pieces 4) to lose the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc 5) inf… …

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  • 38peel — I. v. a. 1. Pare (by cutting), bark, flay, decorticate. 2. Strip off, remove by stripping. II. v. n. Exfoliate, come off(as skin or rind), peel off. III. n. Rind, skin …

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  • 39Peel Regional Police — Logo of the Peel Regional Police. Motto A safer community …

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  • 40Peel (fruit) — Peel, also known as rind or skin, is the outer protective layer of a fruit or vegetable which could be peeled off. The rind is usually the botanical exocarp, but the term exocarp does also include the hard cases of nuts, which are not named peels …

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