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PEELED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of peel 2. to remove the skin of fruit and vegetables: 3. If a…. Learn more.
noun (1) 1. : the skin or rind of a fruit or vegetable. banana/lemon/potato peels. 2. : a thin layer of organic material that is embedded in a film of collodion and stripped from the surface of an object (such as a plant fossil) for microscopic study. 3.
peel verb (BODY) [ I ] If you peel, or part of your body or your skin peels, parts of the top layer of your skin comes off because you are burned from being in the sun: My back is peeling. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. To strip or cut away the skin, rind, or bark from; pare. 2. To strip away; pull off: peeled the label from the jar. v.intr. 1. To lose or shed skin, bark, or other covering. 2. To come off in thin strips or pieces, as bark, skin, or paint: Her sunburned skin began to peel.
to remove (the skin, bark, etc.) or be removed: The old skin peeled off. [ Aeron. ] to leave a flying formation of aircraft with a banking turn, usually from one end of an echelon. [ Informal. ] to turn off or leave (a road): We peeled off the highway onto a dirt road.
• This is peeled off and examined under a microscope. • Clayt stepped out of the dark and lifted the door shut and peeled off his all-weather gear. • I peeled off my shirt as soon as I saw the ocean. • Then, simply peel off the charred skin under running water. • The enamel has peeled off the taps like so much banana skin, revealing ...
Definition of peel verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition Source. Adjective. Verb. Filter. adjective. With the outermost layer removed. The peeled fruit quickly turned brown. He stir the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it. Wiktionary.
peel in British English1. (piːl) verb. 1.(transitive) to remove (the skin, rind, outer covering, etc) of (a fruit, egg, etc) 2.(intransitive) (of paint, etc) to be removed from a surface, esp through weathering. 3.(intransitive) (of a surface) to lose its outer covering of paint, etc, esp through weathering.
IPA guide. Definitions of peeled. adjective. (used informally) completely unclothed. synonyms: bare-ass, bare-assed, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, naked as a jaybird, raw, stark naked. unclothed. not wearing clothing.
