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    peel
    /piːl/

    verb

    • 1. remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit or vegetable): "she watched him peel an apple with deliberate care" Similar pareskintake the skin/rind offstrip
    • 2. (of a surface or object) lose parts of its outer layer or covering in small strips or pieces: "the walls are peeling" Similar flake (off)peel offcome off in layers/stripsblister

    noun

    • 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.

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPEEL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    PEEL definition: 1. to remove the skin of fruit and vegetables: 2. If a layer or covering peels, it slowly comes…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › peelPeel Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. a. : to come off in sheets or scales. The paint is peeling. b. : to lose an outer layer (as of skin) His face is peeling. 2. : to take off one's clothes. it got hotter … you had to peel to get relief L. M. Uris. 3. : to break away from a group or formation often used with off.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › peelPEEL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Peel means to pull or strip off the natural external covering or protection of something: to peel an orange, a potato. Pare is used of trimming off chips, flakes, or superficial parts from something, as well as of cutting off the skin or rind: to pare the nails; to pare a potato.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPEEL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    peel means to pull or strip off the natural external covering or protection of something: to peel an orange, a potato. pare is used of trimming off chips, flakes, or superficial parts from something, as well as of cutting off the skin or rind: to pare the nails; to pare a potato.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › peelPeel - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A peel is the covering of a fruit or vegetable. Some peels are thick and easy to remove, like an orange peel, while others might be more stubborn, like the thin peel on a potato. When you remove an apple peel or the peel of an eggplant, you peel it.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › peelPeel - definition of peel by The Free Dictionary

    To leave or depart, especially in a hurry. peel out. To leave quickly, especially by accelerating a vehicle so that the tires spin: peeled out of the driveway.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishPEEL | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    PEEL definition: 1. to remove the skin of fruit or vegetables: 2. If you peel something from a surface, you remove…. Learn more.

  9. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › peelpeel | meaning of peel in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

    peel meaning, definition, what is peel: to remove the skin from fruit or vegetab...: Learn more.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › american_englishpeel verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of peel verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. www.britannica.com › dictionary › peelPeel Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    PEEL meaning: 1 : to remove the skin from (a fruit, vegetable, etc.); 2 : to remove (a covering, shell, etc.) from something often + from often + off