26984 words

peels

7 definitions • 14 examples
1
to remove the skin of fruit and vegetables:

Examples:

Peel, core, and chop the apples.
2
If a layer or covering peels, it slowly comes off, and if you peel a layer or covering, you remove it slowly and carefully:

Examples:

We peeled the wallpaper off the walls.
Peel off the backing strip and press the label down firmly.
The posters were peeling away from the damp walls.
The new paint is already starting to crack and peel.
3
If you peel, or part of your body or your skin peels, parts of the top layer of your skin comes off because you are burned from being in the sun:

Examples:

My back is peeling.
4
the skin of fruit and vegetables, especially after it has been removed:

Examples:

The dessert was decorated with strips of lemon peel.
What shall I do with the peel?
5
to remove the skin of fruit and vegetables:

Examples:

Peel, core, and chop the apples.
6
to remove a covering slowly and carefully, or of a covering to come off:

Examples:

[ T always + adv/prep ] We peeled the wallpaper off the walls.
[ I ] My back is peeling from that sunburn I got last weekend.
7
If you peel off clothing, you take it off:

Examples:

[ M ] Ramon peeled his sweaty shirt off and hung it on a chair to dry.

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