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Peeled

/piːld/

To remove the skin or outer covering of.

📖 Definitions of "Peeled"

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."

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.

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