peel

verb8

1. •
   To remove the skin or outer covering of.

   • I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
2. •
   To remove something from the outer or top layer of.

   • I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.
   • We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
3. •
   To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.

   • I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.
4. •
   To move, separate (off or away).

   • The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
5. •
   To remove one's clothing.

   • The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
6. •
   To play a peel shot.
7. •
   To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
8. •
   (no longer used) To plunder; to pillage, rob.

   • But govern ill the nations under yoke, / Peeling their provinces. — 1671

noun11

1. •
   The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
2. •
   A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
3. •
   The action of peeling away from a formation.
4. •
   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.
5. •
   A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
6. •
   A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
7. •
   (Scotland) An equal or match; a draw.
8. •
   (no longer used) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
9. •
   (no longer used) A stake.
10. •
    (no longer used) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
11. •
    (US, no longer used) The blade of an oar.

noun1

1. •
   A region south of Perth, Western Australia.