verb Download 🔗Share To remove the skin or outer covering of. Examples : "She is peeling an orange for her snack. " food vegetable fruit action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To remove something from the outer or top layer of. Examples : "I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily." action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way. Examples : "I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel." body physiology appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To remove one's clothing. Examples : "The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in." wear action body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move, separate (off or away). Examples : "The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines." action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To play a peel shot. Examples : "The curler was peeling rocks all game, expertly removing the guards in front of the house. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own). Examples : "During the intense croquet match, John strategically used his mallet to peel Mary's ball through the final hoop, winning the game. " sport game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To plunder; to pillage, rob. Examples : "The thieves peeled the jewelry store, taking everything they could carry. " action military war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of removing the outer surface in strips. Examples : "The orange's peeling left a sticky residue on my hands. " action process material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Strips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed. Examples : "She flavored the broth with vegetable peelings." appearance material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading