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Meaning of peel

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Peel
      n 1: British politician (1788-1850) [syn: {Peel}, {Robert Peel},
           {Sir Robert Peel}]
      2: the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: {peel}, {skin}]
      v 1: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: {skin}, {peel},
           {pare}]
      2: come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my
         house is peeling off" [syn: {peel off}, {peel}, {flake off},
         {flake}]
      3: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!";
         "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
         [syn: {undress}, {discase}, {uncase}, {unclothe}, {strip},
         {strip down}, {disrobe}, {peel}] [ant: {apparel}, {clothe},
         {dress}, {enclothe}, {fit out}, {garb}, {garment}, {get
         dressed}, {habilitate}, {raiment}, {tog}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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