(Homonym: pair, pear).
1. To decrease gradually or bit by bit; SYN. pare down.
2. To remove the edges from; SYN. trim.
ETYM Confused with peel to strip, but from French piller to pillage. Related to Pill to rob, Pillage.
(Homonym: peal).
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1. To remove the top layer of something, such as the rind of a fruit.
2. To strip off an outer layer of.
3. To remove by stripping.
4. To take off one's clothes.
5. To break away from a group or formation — often used with off.
A lawn bowling game played on a bowling green and indoors.
Sliver, shaving, thin slice; part of a fruit or vegetable pared or cut off