peel

/piːl/ verb

Translation

FRUIT/VEGETABLES [T] › to remove the skin of fruit or vegetables

kabuğunu soymak

Peel and chop the onions.901

SURFACE [I, T] › If you peel something from a surface, you remove it and if something peels, it comes away from a surface.

kabuğunu soymak; kabuğu soyulmak

The paint is starting to peel off where the wall is damp. → See also keep your eyes open/peeled (for sb/sth)785

peel sth off phrasal verb

› to take off clothes, especially wet or tight clothes

soymak, çekip çıkarmak, çıkarıp/soyup atmak

We peeled off our muddy socks and left them outside.815

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

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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