1 [VN] to take the skin off fruit, vegetables, etc:
to peel an orange / a banana * Have you peeled the potatoes?
2 ~ (sth) away / off / back to remove a layer, covering, etc. from the surface of sth; to come off the surface of sth:
[VN] Carefully peel away the lining paper. * [V] The label will peel off if you soak it in water.
3 [V] ~ (off) (of a covering) to come off in strips or small pieces:
The wallpaper was beginning to peel. * If I stay in the sun too long my skin peels.
4 [V] (of a surface) to lose strips or small pieces of its covering:
Put on some cream to stop your nose from peeling. * The walls have begun to peel.
IDIOMS see EYEn.
PHRASALVERBS
peel off to leave a group of vehicles, aircraft, etc. and turn to one side:
The leading car in the motorcade peeled off to the right.
peel off
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