to peel off one's clothes

  • 1peel off — phrasal verb Word forms peel off : present tense I/you/we/they peel off he/she/it peels off present participle peeling off past tense peeled off past participle peeled off 1) [transitive] to remove a tight or wet piece of clothing The kids peeled …

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  • 2peel — I. verb Etymology: Middle English pelen, from Anglo French peler, from Latin pilare to remove the hair from, from pilus hair Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to strip off an outer layer of < peel an orange > 2. to remove by stripping < pee …

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  • 3peel — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. a strip the skin, rind, bark, wrapping, etc. from (a fruit, vegetable, tree, etc.). b (usu. foll. by off) strip (skin, peel, wrapping, etc.) from a fruit etc. 2 intr. a (of a tree, an animal s or person s body, a painted&#8230; …

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  • 4Peel — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. a strip the skin, rind, bark, wrapping, etc. from (a fruit, vegetable, tree, etc.). b (usu. foll. by off) strip (skin, peel, wrapping, etc.) from a fruit etc. 2 intr. a (of a tree, an animal s or person s body, a painted&#8230; …

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  • 5peel — v 1. skin, pare, decorticate, excorticate, flay, scale, hull, bark; shell, husk, shuck; strip, denude, excoriate. 2.(of skin, bark, etc.) come off, detach, separate, split; exfoliate, Pathol. desquamate, shed, slough, molt, exuviate, flake.&#8230; …

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  • 6peel — peel1 [ pil ] verb * 1. ) transitive to remove the skin from a fruit or vegetable: First peel the potatoes and cut them in half. 2. ) transitive to remove something from the surface of something else, especially by taking one end or side and&#8230; …

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  • 7peel — 01. I [peeled] the potatoes and carrots, and then put them on to boil. 02. My sister was able to [peel] an apple in one long continuous strip. 03. You can put a bit of zest from a lemon [peel] in the cookies to give them a special tangy taste. 04 …

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  • 8Peel Regional Police — Logo of the Peel Regional Police. Motto A safer community …

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  • 9Touch, Peel and Stand — Infobox Single Name = Touch, Peel and Stand Artist = Days of the New from Album = Days of the New B side = Released = 1997 Format = CD single Recorded = October, November 1996 Genre = Post grunge Acoustic rock Length = 4:57 Label = Outpost Writer …

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  • 10undress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. strip, disrobe, unclothe, peel (sl.), dismantle, expose. See divestment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. strip, take off one s clothes, undrape, disrobe, unclothe, dismantle, divest, become naked, assume the&#8230; …

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