peel
verb
1. strip the skin off
Definition categories: contact, strip
2. come off in flakes or thin small pieces
- The paint in my house is peeling off
Similar word(s): flake
Definition categories: contact, chip
3. get undressed
Similar word(s): discase, disrobe, strip, uncase, unclothe, undress
Definition categories: body
Sentences with peel as a verb:
- I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
- I peeled (the skin from) an orange and ate it hungrily.
- We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
- I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.
- The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
- The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.