Meaning & use
peel
To remove the skin or outer covering from a fruit, vegetable, or other object.
See it in a sentence
She peeled the orange carefully so the fruit stayed in one piece.
The old paint began to peel off the fence after years of rain.
A note on using this word
"Peel" can describe removing a fruit's skin or, intransitively, a surface like paint or skin flaking off on its own.
Words with a similar meaning
pare
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The skin or outer covering of a fruit or vegetable.
He tossed the banana peel into the compost bin.
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