pelare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to pluck (feathers, hair, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to skin (an animal)
  3. (transitive) to shear (hair)
  4. (transitive) to peel (fruit, etc.)
  5. (transitive) to strip (leaves, etc.)
  6. (figuratively, transitive) to fleece (a person)
  7. (colloquial, intransitive) to cause a feeling of intense cold or heat (of the wind, etc.)

Frequency

28k
Hyphenated as
pe‧là‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/peˈla.re/
Etymology

From pelo + -are or from Latin pilāre (“to deprive of hair”).

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