peel
🇺🇸
/piːl/
🇬🇧
/piːl/
verb
R
to remove the outer skin from fruits or vegetables
Remember to peel the apples before you eat them.
R
to remove a covering from a surface or to come off a surface
Gently peel the sticker from the package.
R
to come off in small pieces
The old paint on the wall started to peel.
R
to lose small pieces of skin or covering
After sunburn, your skin may peel.
noun
R
the outer skin of fruits or vegetables
Banana peel is slippery when wet.
R
the skin removed from fruits or vegetables
Don't throw away the orange peel; it can be used for cooking.
translation
to remove the outer skin from fruits or vegetables; to remove a covering from a surface or to come off a surface; to come off in small pieces; to lose small pieces of skin or covering
the outer skin of fruits or vegetables; the skin removed from fruits or vegetables
Word Forms
3rd Present
peels
Progressive
peeling
Past
peeled
Perfect
peeled
Plural
peels