peel

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /piːl/

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Verb

Plain form peel

Third-person singular peels

Past tense peeled

Past participle peeled

Present participle peeling

1. If you peel a fruit, you remove its skin.

   I am going to peel this banana.

2. If you peel something thin and flat off, you remove it.

   After peeling off this old wallpaper, I can add new wallpaper.

Noun

Singular peel

Plural peels

1. (countable & uncountable) Peel is the peeled skin of a fruit.

   Banana peels are slippery.

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