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PEEL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rind of a fruit or vegetable

Synonyms:

peel; skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("peel" is a kind of...):

rind (the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peel"):

jacket (the outer skin of a potato)

banana peel; banana skin (the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded))

lemon peel; lemon rind (the rind of a lemon)

orange peel; orange rind (the rind of an orange)

Holonyms ("peel" is a part of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Derivation:

peel (strip the skin off)

Sense 2

Meaning:

British politician (1788-1850)

Synonyms:

Peel; Robert Peel; Sir Robert Peel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get undressed

Example:

She strips in front of strangers every night for a living

Synonyms:

discase; disrobe; peel; strip; strip down; uncase; unclothe; undress

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "peel" is one way to...):

take off (take away or remove)

Verb group:

disinvest; divest; strip; undress (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "peel"):

take off (remove clothes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

peeler (a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Come off in flakes or thin small pieces

Example:

The paint in my house is peeling off

Synonyms:

flake; flake off; peel; peel off

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "peel" is one way to...):

break away; break off; chip; chip off; come off (break off (a piece from a whole))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

peeling (loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Strip the skin off

Example:

pare apples

Synonyms:

pare; peel; skin

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "peel" is one way to...):

strip (remove the surface from)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "peel"):

peel off (peel off the outer layer of something)

flay (strip the skin off)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs peel the vegetables

Derivation:

peel (the rind of a fruit or vegetable)

peeler (a device for peeling vegetables or fruits)

peeler (a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables)

Credits

 Context examples: 

It may be used on certain wounds and burns, and to treat the redness, burning, and peeling caused by radiation therapy.

(Biafine cream, NCI Dictionary)

Issue associated with peeling of composite materials.

(Delamination, Food and Drug Administration)

Shining a light on one edge of the droplets causes the surface to peel towards the light, pushing it forward.

(Colour-changing artificial ‘chameleon skin’ powered by nanomachines, University of Cambridge)

“Even to the peeling of potatoes and the washing of dishes,” I answered, “to say nothing to wringing their necks out of very fellowship.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The oil extracted from the fruit peel of Citrus aurantifolia.

(Lime Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

An oral dietary supplement containing a natural cyclic monoterpene and major component of the oil extracted from citrus peels with potential chemopreventive and antitumor activities.

(Limonene, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the fruit peel of Citrus sinensis.

(Orange Oil Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

A peeling off or loss of epidermis, as in sunburn, postscarlatinal peeling, or toxic epidermal necrolysis.

(Peeling, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the fruit peel of Citrus limon.

(Lemon Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Lemon oil (scented liquid taken from the peel) is used in aromatherapy.

(Lemon, NCI Dictionary)