The meaning of Peel

noun

A small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning, or other damage.

Usage examples:

His heels were covered in blisters

verb

Form blisters on the skin or other surface.

Usage examples:

The surface of the door began to blister

noun

A small case or container, especially a round or cylindrical one.

Usage examples:

He showed us the cylinder of the gun filled with six plastic capsules

noun

A small container

noun

A measured amount of medicine in a very small, rounded, soft container which is swallowed

Usage examples:

The apollo 11 capsule

noun

A thing used to protect, decorate, or conceal something else.

Usage examples:

A vinyl floor covering

adjective

(of shooting) carried out to protect an exposed person from an enemy.

Usage examples:

We retreated behind spurts of covering fire

verb

Put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth

noun

The tough outer part of a loaf of bread.

Usage examples:

A sandwich with the crusts cut off

verb

Form into a hard outer layer.

Usage examples:

The blisters eventually crust over

noun

A hard outer covering, esp. on a loaf of bread or a pastry

Usage examples:

Crustal displacement

verb

Remove the bark, rind, or husk from.

Usage examples:

Tamarind seeds were cleaned, roasted, decorticated, and pulverized

adjective

Having had the cortex of the brain removed or separated.

Usage examples:

The terminal illness is characterised by deep coma and decerebrate or decorticate posturing.

verb

(of a layer of cells, e.g. of the skin) come off in scales or flakes.

Usage examples:

The pustules eventually dry and the skin desquamates

noun

The outermost layer of the pericarp.

Usage examples:

The thinness of its needle, besides minimizing the wound damages, allowed very fine control of the …

verb

(of a material) be shed from a surface in scales or layers.

Usage examples:

The bark exfoliates in papery flakes

verb

To remove dead skin cells from the surface of the skin, in order to improve its appearance

noun

The outer layer of the pericarp of a fruit.

Usage examples:

The mechanical performance of the exocarp including the cuticle, the epidermis, and a variable numb…

verb

Strip the skin off (a corpse or carcass).

Usage examples:

The captured general was flayed alive

verb

Strip the skin off

noun

The main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.

Usage examples:

The main structural bulkhead supports the hull sides at the chain plates and the cabin top at the m…

verb

Hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a missile.

Usage examples:

The ship was being hulled and all would die

verb

Remove the hulls from (fruit, seeds, or grain).

Usage examples:

First, rinse and hull the berries

noun

The dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds.

Usage examples:

The fibrous husk of the coconut

verb

Remove the husk or husks from.

Usage examples:

They set up mills to husk the rice

verb

Say something in a husky voice.

Usage examples:

‘what big blue eyes you have,’ husked lorenzo

noun

A tough outer protective layer, especially that of an animal or plant.

Usage examples:

This chemical compound is found in the integument of the seed

noun

An outer covering, for example a skin or shell

verb

Trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges.

Usage examples:

Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife

noun

The part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary.

Usage examples:

Fruits had the pericarps removed and the seeds were stratified.

noun

The layer that develops from the ovary wall around the seed of a plant after it is fertilized and forms the skin and flesh of the fruit

noun

An elongated seed vessel of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting open on both sides when ripe.

Usage examples:

Gorse pods were popping in the sun

verb

(of a plant) bear or form pods.

Usage examples:

The peas have failed to pod

noun

A small herd or school of marine animals, especially whales.

Usage examples:

A pod of 500 dolphins frolicking in the bay

noun

The tough outer skin of certain fruit, especially citrus fruit.

Usage examples:

Decorate with fine shreds of orange rind

verb

Strip the bark from (a tree).

Usage examples:

When the meat ran out they had to rind trees and chew the inner bark for nourishment

verb

(of a man) cut the hair off the face with a razor.

Usage examples:

He washed, shaved, and had breakfast

noun

An act of shaving hair from the face or a part of the body.

Usage examples:

You need a shave

verb

Remove body hair with a razor

noun

An outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of maize.

Usage examples:

Regional fuels like steam from the deep earth or excess corn shucks will enter custom-designed micr…

exclamation

Used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation.

Usage examples:

‘thank you for getting it.’ ‘oh, shucks, it was nothing.’

verb

Remove the shucks from maize or shellfish.

Usage examples:

Shuck and drain the oysters

noun

The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

Usage examples:

I use body lotion to keep my skin supple

verb

Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable).

Usage examples:

Scald and skin the tomatoes

noun

The natural outer layer that covers a person or animal

Usage examples:

[ c ] leopard skins, [ u ] he had dark, leathery skin., potato skins, [ c ] those airplanes have ti…

verb

Remove all coverings from.

Usage examples:

They stripped the bed

noun

An act of undressing, especially in a striptease.

Usage examples:

She got drunk and did a strip on top of the piano

noun

A long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or some other material.

Usage examples:

A strip of linen

verb

Make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

Usage examples:

Trim the grass using a sharp mower

noun

Additional decoration, typically along the edges of something and in contrasting colour or material.

Usage examples:

A red blazer with gold trim

adjective

Neat and smart in appearance; in good order.

Usage examples:

His face was freshly shaved, his clothes neat and trim

noun

Great enthusiasm and energy.

Usage examples:

They campaigned with zest and intelligence

verb

Scrape off the outer coloured part of the peel of (a piece of citrus fruit) for use as flavouring.

Usage examples:

Zest the orange and lemon, taking care to discard all of the white pith

noun

Enthusiasm and energy

Usage examples:

She’s over 80, but she still has an amazing zest for life.