Verb

Infinitive to peel

Third person singular peels

Simple past peeled

Past participle peeled

Present participle peeling

to peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)

1. (archaic, transitive) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
2. (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.

   I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.

3. (transitive) To remove from the outer or top layer of.

   I peeled the skin from an orange and ate it hungrily.

   We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.

4. (intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.

   I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.

5. (intransitive) To remove one's clothing.

   The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.

6. (intransitive) To move, separate (off or away)

   The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.

Synonyms

• (remove outer covering): skin, strip
• (remove clothing): disrobe, strip

Peel or Peeling can refer to:

Places

Disambiguation:

• Peel Park
• Peel Street

Australia:

• Peel (Western Australia)
• Peel River (New South Wales)
• Peel Island, Queensland

Canada:

• Peel, New Brunswick
• Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario (Peel County until 1973)
• Peel (Montreal Metro), station
• Peel River (Canada), tributary of the Mackenzie River
• Peel Sound, Nunavut

Elsewhere:

• Peel, Isle of Man
• Peel, Netherlands
• Peel Fell, hill in Kielder Forest, UK
• Peel Island, Cumbria, UK