to peel
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1.0
- verb
- /piːl/
- "Do you know how to peel a potato?" the cook asked the boy.
- peel a potato
- peel away
- peel back the layers
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- And also who has the time to peel fruits?
- Chop the carrots, then peel the potatoes, mix the icing.
- The same thing can happen with mushrooms or when you peel artichokes.
- Like, will you would you peel my orange?
- So this is shrimp that's been peeled and cooked already.
- And what we're going to do is peel one of the cupcakes.
- It looks like they're going to peel a carrot with tin foil.
- And you have to slowly, like peel up around in a circle formation.
Examples
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OK, now I have to peel the carrot skin.
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You gotta peel the banana before you can eat it.
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What are you peeling potatoes for?
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And then he peeled the Kiwi with a spoon.
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Paul has gracefully peeled potatoes and it's almost done.
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So we have, we need to dice and peel the butternut squash.
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So while that's boiling, I am going to peel these carrots.
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Then, with one foot on the chair, he started whistling a tune and peeling his potato.
Academic text (2005) -
Chop the carrots, then peel the potatoes, mix the icing.
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You need to peel the apple before you can slice it.
Synonyms
45
2.7
To remove the outer layer from a fruit, vegetable, or animal
45
3.4
To take off the outer layer by pulling it
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3.4
Remove a cover or layer by pulling it away slowly
7
2.1
To remove the hard outer covering from nuts, peas, or seafood
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4.8
To cut away the thin outer layer or the edges of things like fruit and wood
1
5.5
To remove the outer covering from seeds, nuts, or fruit
1
3.4
To remove the outer covering from things like fruit or labels
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9.9
To remove the outer skin from fruit or vegetables
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8.1
To remove the outer skin from fruit or cheese
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9.9
To remove the outer layer or covering from something, for example the bark of a tree
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Compounds
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2.7
Strips of grapefruit skin become a sweet when cooked in sugar and used as a decoration
A bright orange cup-shaped growth on the ground that looks like an orange peel
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Etymology
Peel as a verb comes from the same idea of taking off a 'skin', from old verbs like the French peler, so to peel a potato is to take off its outer 'skin'.