1. Remove the skin from
   "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
   "He peeled off his wet clothes";
   - undress, discase [archaic], uncase [archaic], unclothe, strip, strip down [informal], disrobe, unrobe

1. The rind of a fruit or vegetable
   "She grated the lemon peel for the cake recipe";
   - skin
    
2. A pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven
   "The baker used a long peel to retrieve the freshly baked loaves"
    
3. A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate
   "She applied a chemical peel to improve her skin texture"

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

Sounds like: peaking, peeking, piquing

Derived forms: peels, peeling, peeled

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

Antonym: dress, enclothe [rare]

Part of: edible fruit

Encyclopedia: Peel, New South Wales