peel

A fortified house or tower of a kind constructed in the borderland of Scotland and England in the 1500s.

The skin or rind of certain fruits and vegetables.

A chemical peel.

To strip or cut away the skin, rind, or bark from; pare.

To strip away; pull off.

To lose or shed skin, bark, or other covering.

To come off in thin strips or pieces, as bark, skin, or paint.

To remove (an article of clothing that fits snugly).

To break away from a group in motion, especially to leave flight formation in order to land an aircraft or make a dive.

To leave or depart, especially in a hurry.