Definitions
1.nounA small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
2.noun(usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
3.nounThe action of peeling away from a formation.
4.nounA cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
5.verbTo remove the skin or outer covering of."I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her."
6.verbTo remove something from the outer or top layer of."I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily."
7.verbTo 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."
8.verbTo remove one's clothing."The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in."
9.verbTo move, separate (off or away)."The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines."
10.nounA stake.
11.nounA fence made of stakes; a stockade.
12.nounA small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
13.nounA 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.
14.nounA T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
15.nounThe blade of an oar.
16.nounAn equal or match; a draw.
17.nounA takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
18.verbTo play a peel shot.
19.verbTo send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
20.verbTo plunder; to pillage, rob.