| Main Entry: | peel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skin, covering |
Synonyms: |
bark, cover, epicarp, exocarp, husk, peeling, pellicle, rind, shell, shuck |
| Notes: | rind is the hard or tough covering on oranges, grapefruit, and watermelon; once removed, skin or rind is usually known as peel |
Antonyms: |
innards, insides |
| Main Entry: | peel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off outer covering |
Synonyms: |
decorticate, delaminate, desquamate, excorticate, exfoliate, flake, flay, pare, pull off, scale, shave, skin, strip, tear off, uncover |
Antonyms: |
cover |
| Main Entry: | castle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magnificent home, often for royalty |
Synonyms: |
acropolis, alcazar, château, citadel, donjon, estate house, fasthold, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, hold, keep, manor, mansion, palace, peel, safehold, seat, stronghold, tower, villa |
| Notes: | castle and chateau derive from Latin castellum, a diminutive form of castrum 'fort'; chateau is the modern French version that has been borrowed into English 'as is' |
| Main Entry: | chafe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rub, grind against |
Synonyms: |
abrade, bark, corrode, damage, erode, excoriate, gall, grate, graze, hurt, impair, inflame, irritate, peel, ruffle, scrape, scratch, skin, wear |
| Main Entry: | denude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strip |
Synonyms: |
bare, disrobe, expose, fleece, lay bare, peel, uncover, undress |
| Main Entry: | disrobe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off one's clothes |
Synonyms: |
bare, denudate, denude, deprive, dismantle, divest, doff, husk, peel*, remove, shed, shuck, slip out of, strip, take it off, unbutton, unclothe, uncover, undress |
Antonyms: |
clothe, put on |
| Main Entry: | doff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove |
Synonyms: |
cast off, discard, disrobe, peel, put aside, shed, shuck, slip off, strip, take off, undress |
| Main Entry: | excoriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scrape layers off |
Synonyms: |
abrade, chafe, flay, fret, gall, peel, rub, scarify, scratch, skin, strip |
| Main Entry: | hull |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeleton, body |
Synonyms: |
bark, case, casing, cast, covering, frame, framework, husk, mold, peel, peeling, pod, rind, shell, shuck, skin, structure |
| Main Entry: | molt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shed |
Synonyms: |
cast off, decorticate, doff, exuviate, peel, pull off, slough, take off |