peel
the rind of a fruit or vegetable
• Syn:
skin
• Derivationally related forms:
skin (for: skin)
• Hypernyms:
rind
• Hyponyms:
jacket, banana peel, banana skin, lemon peel, lemon rind,
orange peel, orange rind
• Part Holonyms:
edible fruit
1. strip the skin off (Freq. 3)
- pare apples
• Syn:
skin, pare
• Derivationally related forms:
parer (for: pare), paring (for: pare), peeler, skin (for: skin), skinner (for: skin)
• Hypernyms:
strip
• Hyponyms:
peel off, flay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- The chefs peel the vegetables
2. come off in flakes or thin small pieces
- The paint in my house is peeling off
• Syn:
peel off, flake off, flake
• Derivationally related forms:
flake (for: flake), peeling
• Hypernyms:
chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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
• Ant:
dress (for: undress)
• Derivationally related forms:
peeler, strip (for: strip), stripper (for: strip), undress (for: undress)
• Hypernyms:
take off
• Hyponyms:
take off
• Verb Group:
strip, undress, divest, disinvest
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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