peeled

/piːld/

verb

  1. 1

    To remove the skin or outer covering of.

    “I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.”
  2. 2

    To remove something from the outer or top layer of.

    “I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.”
  3. 3

    To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.

    “I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.”
  4. 4

    To remove one's clothing.

    “The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.”
  5. 5

    To move, separate (off or away).

    “The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.”

verb

  1. 1

    To play a peel shot.

verb

  1. 1

    To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).

verb

  1. 1

    To plunder; to pillage, rob.

adjective

  1. 1

    With the outermost layer or skin removed.

    “He stirred the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it.”

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