peel

/piːl/ verb

Definition

FRUIT/VEGETABLES [T] › to remove the skin of fruit or vegetables: Peel and chop the onions.

SURFACE [I, T] › If you peel something from a surface, you remove it and if something peels, it comes away from a surface: The paint is starting to peel off where the wall is damp. → See also keep your eyes open/peeled (for sb/sth)

(Definition of peel verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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