Peeled

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peel \Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peeled} (p[=e]ld); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Peeling}.] [F. peler to pull out the hair, to strip,
     to peel, fr. L. pilare to deprive of hair, fr. pilus a hair;
     or perh. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr.
     L. pellis skin (cf. {Fell} skin). Cf. {Peruke}.]
     1. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by


        drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to
        flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin
        of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  peeled \peeled\ (p[=e]ld) adj.
     Naked; -- used informally.
  
     Syn: bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in
          the raw, raw, naked as a jaybird, stark naked.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  peeled
       adj : (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: {bare-assed}, {bare-ass},
              {in the altogether}, {in the buff}, {in the raw}, {raw},
              {naked as a jaybird}, {stark naked}]