to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.

to peel an orange.

to strip (the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.) from something

to peel paint from a car.

Croquet . to cause (another player's ball) to go through a wicket.

(of skin, bark, paint, etc.) to come off; become separated.

to lose the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.

Informal . to undress.

Metallurgy . (of a malleable iron casting) to lose, or tend to lose, the outer layer.

the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.

Metallurgy . the presence of a brittle outer layer on a malleable iron casting. ?

peel off,

to remove (the skin, bark, etc.) or be removed

The old skin peeled off.

Aeronautics . to leave a flying formation of aircraft with a banking turn, usually from one end of an echelon.

Informal . to turn off or leave (a road)

We peeled off the highway onto a dirt road.

to remove (clothing) in a swift upward or downward motion. ?

keep one's eyes peeled

Informal . to watch closely or carefully; be alert

Keep your eyes peeled for a gas station.

noun

innards , insides , pulp

verb

cover

noun

bark , cover , epicarp , exocarp , husk , peeling , pellicle , rind , shell , shucknotes:rind is the hard or tough covering on oranges , grapefruit , and watermelon; once removed , skin or rind is usually known as peel , decorticate , decortication , desquamation , ecdysis , excoriation , exfoliation , exuviation , skin.--v. pare

verb

decorticate , delaminate , desquamate , excorticate , exfoliate , flake , flay , pare , pull off , scale , shave , skin , strip , tear off , uncovernotes:rind is the hard or tough covering on oranges , grapefruit , and watermelon; once removed , skin or rind is usually known as peel , bark , cover , excoriate , exuviate , hull , husk , remove , rind , shovel , shuck , uncover , undress