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Peel

piːl

Peel definitions
verb
peel peeled peeling peels
  1. remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit or vegetable)

    "she watched him peel an apple with deliberate care"

    pare skin take the skin/rind off strip shave trim flay
    • remove (the outer covering or skin) from a fruit or vegetable

      "with a small knife, peel the skin from the ginger"

    • (of a fruit or vegetable) have a skin that can be removed

      "oranges that peel easily"

  2. (of a surface or object) lose parts of its outer layer or covering in small strips or pieces

    "the walls are peeling"

    flake (off) peel off come off in layers/strips
    • (of an outer layer) come off in strips or small pieces

      "paint was peeling from the shopfronts"

noun
peel peels pele peles
  1. the outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable

    "pieces of potato peel"

  2. an act of exfoliating dead skin in the cosmetic treatment of microdermabrasion