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- DictionaryPeel/pēl/
verb
- 1. remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit or vegetable): "she watched him peel an apple with deliberate care"
- 2. (of a surface or object) lose parts of its outer layer or covering in small strips or pieces: "the walls are peeling"
noun
- 1. the outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable.
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. : chemical peel. peel.
Peel means to pull or strip off the natural external covering or protection of something: to peel an orange, a potato. Pare is used of trimming off chips, flakes, or superficial parts from something, as well as of cutting off the skin or rind: to pare the nails; to pare a potato.
PEEL definition: 1. to remove the skin of fruit and vegetables: 2. If a layer or covering peels, it slowly comes…. Learn more.
PEEL Paragraph Writing. The PEEL paragraph writing approach is a proven way to help students’ writing process by providing a structure for their writing. Point. Your first sentence must state your point. It introduces the topic you’re about to discuss and tells the reader what the paragraph is going to be about.
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'Peel' is a noun or a verb referring to the outer covering of something, like a fruit or vegetable, or the act of removing such a layer. 'Peal' is most commonly a noun referring to a loud sound or succession of sounds.
1. [+ object] : to remove the skin from (a fruit, vegetable, etc.) peel an apple. peel the cucumbers. 2. always followed by an adverb or preposition, [+ object] : to remove (a covering, shell, etc.) from something. They peeled back the sheet to display the new sculpture. — often + from. An animal had peeled the bark from the tree.
