peel
/piːl/ verb B2- To remove the skin or outer covering of. · I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
- To remove something from the outer or top layer of. · I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.· We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
- To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way. · I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.
- To remove one's clothing. · The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
- To move, separate (off or away). · The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
He/she/it peels · Past peeled · Past participle peeled · -ing form peeling
Verb forms
- Base form
- peel
- He/she/it
- peels
- Past
- peeled
- Past participle
- peeled
- -ing form
- peeling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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In this particular corner of the room a large piece had peeled off, leaving a yellow square of coarse plastering.
You were among the first who tasted any of my dishes, and I think you relished them tolerably.” While speaking, Caderousse went on peeling a fresh supply of onions.
“And have they all tasted of a slightly bitter flavor, like that of dried orange-peel?”
Other matches
- peel The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, ... B2
- peel To send through a hoop C2
- peel To play a peel shot. C2
- peel A takeout which removes a stone from play as we... C2
- peel A shovel or similar instrument, now especially ... C2
- peel away To separate off from the main body
- peel off To separate off from the main body, to move off...
- peel out To start abruptly from a standing stop, acceler...
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