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Peel
noun
1 Peel
2 peel
The rind of a fruit or vegetable.
synonym: skin.
Roget 204:
layer,
stratum,
strata,
course,
bed,
zone,
substratum,
substrata,
floor,
flag,
stage,
story,
tier,
slab,
escarpment;
table,
tablet;
dess†;
flagstone;
board,
plank;
trencher,
platter.
plate;
lamina,
lamella;
sheet,
foil;
wafer;
scale,
flake,
peel;
coat,
pellicle;
membrane,
film;
leaf;
slice,
shive†,
cut,
rasher,
shaving,
integument
etc.
(covering)
223;
eschar†.
stratification,
scaliness,
nest of boxes,
coats of an onion.
monolayer;
bilayer;
trilayer [Bioch.].
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Roget 223:
covering,
cover;
baldachin,
baldachino†,
baldaquin†;
canopy,
tilt,
awning,
tent,
marquee,
tente d'abri [Fr.],
umbrella,
parasol,
sunshade;
veil
(shade)
424;
shield
etc.
(defense)
717.
roof,
ceiling,
thatch,
tile;
pantile,
pentile†;
tiling,
slates,
slating,
leads;
barrack [U.S.],
plafond,
planchment [U.S.],
tiling,
shed
etc.
(abode)
189.
top,
lid,
covercle†,
door,
operculum;
bulkhead [U.S.].
bandage,
plaster,
lint,
wrapping,
dossil†,
finger stall.
coverlet,
counterpane,
sheet,
quilt,
tarpaulin,
blanket,
rug,
drugget†;
housing;
antimacassar,
eiderdown,
numdah†,
pillowcase,
pillowslip†;
linoleum;
saddle cloth,
blanket cloth;
tidy;
tilpah [U.S.],
apishamore [U.S.].
integument,
tegument;
skin,
pellicle,
fleece,
fell,
fur,
leather,
shagreen†,
hide;
pelt,
peltry†;
cordwain†;
derm†;
robe,
buffalo robe [U.S.];
cuticle,
scarfskin,
epidermis.
clothing
etc.
225;
mask
etc.
(concealment)
530.
peel,
crust,
bark,
rind,
cortex,
husk,
shell,
coat;
eggshell,
glume†.
capsule;
sheath,
sheathing;
pod,
cod;
casing,
case,
theca†;
elytron†;
elytrum†;
involucrum [Lat.];
wrapping,
wrapper;
envelope,
vesicle;
corn husk,
corn shuck [U.S.];
dermatology,
conchology;
testaceology†.
inunction†;
incrustation,
superimposition,
superposition,
obduction†;
scale
etc.
(layer)
204.
[specific coverings]
veneer,
facing;
overlay;
plate,
silver plate,
gold plate,
copper plate;
engobe†;
ormolu;
Sheffield plate;
pavement;
coating,
paint;
varnish
etc.
(resin)
216.1;
plating,
barrel plating,
anointing
etc.
v.;
enamel;
epitaxial deposition [Eng.],
vapor deposition;
ground,
whitewash,
plaster,
spackel,
stucco,
compo;
cerement;
ointment
etc.
(grease)
356.
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Polish: skóra, skórka
verb
1 peel
Strip the skin off.
synonyms: pare, skin.
Roget 204:
slice,
shave,
pare,
peel;
delaminate;
plate,
coat,
veneer;
cover
etc.
223.
Dutch: afpellen, afschillen, ontvellen, pellen, schillen
2 peel
Come off in flakes or thin small pieces:
— The paint in my house is peeling off.
synonyms: flake, flake off, peel off.
Dutch: afbladderen, afschilferen, bladderen, schilferen, verschilferen
3 peel
Get undressed.
synonyms: discase, disrobe, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress.
Roget 226:
divest;
uncover
etc.
(cover)
etc.
223;
denude,
bare,
strip;
disfurnish†;
undress,
disrobe
etc.
(dress, enrobe)
etc.
225;
uncoif†;
dismantle;
put off,
take off,
cast off;
doff;
peel,
pare,
decorticate,
excoriate,
skin,
scalp,
flay;
expose,
lay open;
exfoliate,
molt,
mew;
cast the skin.
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Dutch: uitpakken, uitkleden, ontkleden, uittrekken
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