pelare
- (transitive) to pluck (feathers, hair, etc.)
- (transitive) to skin (an animal)
- (transitive) to shear (hair)
- (transitive) to peel (fruit, etc.)
- (transitive) to strip (leaves, etc.)
- (figuratively, transitive) to fleece (a person)
- (colloquial, intransitive) to cause a feeling of intense cold or heat (of the wind, etc.)
Frequency
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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