ENGLISH: peel - CREOLE: kale



Overview of noun peel



The noun peel has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. skin, rind, peel -- (the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit))

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

3. peel, skin -- (the rind of a fruit or vegetable)



Overview of verb peel



The verb peel has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (3) skin, peel, pare -- (strip the skin off; "pare apples")

2. peel off, peel, flake off, flake -- (come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off")

3. undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel -- (get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living")

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