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peel
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi?l/
- IPA(key): [p?i??], [p?i??]
- Rhymes: -i?l
- Homophone: peal
Etymology 1
From Middle English pelen itself from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier, both from Latin pil?, pil?re (“to remove hair from, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pill.
Verb
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
- (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
- (transitive) To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
- I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.
- We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
- (intransitive) To 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.
- (intransitive) To remove one's clothing.
- The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
- (intransitive) To move, separate (off or away).
- The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
Synonyms
- (remove outer covering): skin, strip
- (remove clothing): disrobe, strip
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
peel (countable and uncountable, plural peels)
- (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- (countable, rugby) The action of peeling away from a formation.
- (countable) A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
- (countable) A spatula-like device to remove bread or pizza from an oven.
Synonyms
- (skin of a fruit): rind, zest
Derived terms
- orange peel
- peel strength
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English peel, pele, from Anglo-Norman pel (compare modern French pieu), from Latin palus (“stake”). Doublet of pole.
Noun
peel (plural peels)
- (obsolete) A stake.
- (obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
- (archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
Derived terms
- peel-house, peelhouse
- peel-tower
Etymology 3
From Old French pele (modern French pelle), from Latin p?la, from the base of plangere (“fix, plant”). Doublet of pala.
Noun
peel (plural peels)
- A 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.
- A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
- (archaic, US) The blade of an oar.
Translations
Etymology 4
Origin unknown.
Noun
peel (plural peels)
- (Scotland, curling) An equal or match; a draw.
- (curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
Verb
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
- (curling) To play a peel shot.
Etymology 5
Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.
Verb
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
- (croquet) To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
Etymology 6
Old French piller (“pillage”).
Verb
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
- (archaic, transitive) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
Etymology 7
Noun
peel (plural peels)
- Alternative form of peal (“a small or young salmon”)
Etymology 8
Verb
peel
- Misspelling of peal: to sound loudly.
- 1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information number XXVI, available in, 1825, The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information, page 401,
- Oh ! still for me let merry bells peel out their holy chime;
- 1901 January 1, "Twentieth Century's Triumphant Entry", The New York Times, page 1,
- The lights flashed, the crowds sang,... bells peeled, bombs thundered,... and the new Century made its triumphant entry.
- 2006, Miles Richardson, Being-In-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place, Louisiana State University Press, ?ISBN, pages 230–231,
- As the tiny Virgin... approaches one of the barrio churches, bells peel vigorously, a brass band launches into a fast-paced tune, and large rockets zoom... .
- 1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information number XXVI, available in, 1825, The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information, page 401,
Anagrams
- LEEP, Leep, Lepe, Pele, leep
Wolof
Noun
peel
- shovel
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rink
English
Pronunciation
- (Canada, US, UK) IPA(key): /???k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *re?- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior, hero”), Old Saxon rink (“man”), Old Norse rekkr (“a straight or upright man”), Old English ranc (“proud, noble, valiant”). More at rank.
Noun
rink (plural rinks)
- (Britain dialectal) A man, especially a warrior or hero.
Etymology 2
From Middle English rink, rynk, variation of ring (“ring”); compare Low German rink (“ring, circle”), Middle High German rinc (“a ring, circle”). Doublet of ring.
Noun
rink (plural rinks)
- (Britain dialectal) A ring; a circle.
- A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling.
- We played hockey all winter until the rink melted.
- A surface for roller skating.
- A building housing an ice rink.
- (curling) A team in a competition.
- The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom.
Descendants
- Portuguese: rinque
Translations
Anagrams
- Kirn
Manx
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
rink (verbal noun rinkey)
- to dance
Synonyms
- daunse
Derived terms
- rinkagh
Related terms
- daunsagh
- daunsin
- rinkey
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rinkan?.
Noun
rink (preterite rinkä)
- (ergative) shake, rock
Related terms
- reka
- rega
- riikk
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