peler — meaning in English

English meaning

• flake noun A small, thin, flat piece that has broken off something larger.
• pare verb To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
• peel verb To remove the skin or outer layer from something.
• skin noun The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

Senses

peler is used for these senses in English:

• flake (colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
• pare (transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
• peel (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.

flake — full definition

1. noun A small, thin, flat piece that has broken off something larger.
2. noun An unreliable person who often cancels plans or fails to follow through.
3. verb To back out of plans or fail to follow through on a commitment.
4. verb To break off in small thin pieces.

pare — full definition

1. verb To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
2. verb To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.
3. verb To trim the hoof of a horse.
4. verb To sharpen a pencil.

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