A Quick and Simple Dictionary

peel

1. Verb.  (archaic, transitive) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
2. Verb.  (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.
3. Verb.  (transitive) To remove from the outer or top layer of.
4. Verb.  (intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
5. Verb.  (intransitive) To remove one's clothing.
6. Verb.  (intransitive) To move, separate (off or away).
7. Noun.  The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable etc. (usually (term, uncountable) ).
8. Noun.  (rugby) The action of peeling away from a formation.
9. Noun.  A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate.
10. Noun.  (obsolete) A stake.
11. Noun.  (obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
12. Noun.  (archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
13. Noun.  A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
14. Noun.  A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
15. Noun.  (archaic, US) The blade of an oar.
16. Noun.  (Scotland, and) An equal or match; a draw.
17. Noun.  (curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
18. Verb.  (context, croquet) To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
19. Verb.  (misspelling of, peal) : to sound loudly.