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1. Strip the skin off
   "peel apples"
   - skin, pare
    
2. Come off in flakes or thin small pieces
   "The paint in my house is peeling off"
   - peel off, flake off, flake
    
3. Get undressed
   - undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe

1. The rind of a fruit or vegetable
   - skin

1. British politician (1788-1850)
   - Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel

Sounds like: peal

Derived forms: peels, peeled, peeling

See also: peeler, peeling

Type of: break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off, pol [N. Amer], political leader, politician, politico, pollie [Austral], polly [Austral], rind, strip, take off

Part of: edible fruit

Encyclopedia: Peel, Isle Of Man Peel Peel, Isle of Man Peel, New Brunswick Peel, Netherlands