Peel | Mean of peel in English Dictionary

/ˈpiːl/

• Verb
• to remove the skin from (a fruit, vegetable, etc.)
1. peel an apple
2. peel the cucumbers
• to remove (a covering, shell, etc.) from something
1. They peeled back the sheet to display the new sculpture.
2. An animal had peeled the bark from the tree.
3. We had to peel the wallpaper from the wall.
4. (informal) Guests peeled off [=took off] their wet coats by the door.
5. They peeled the old wallpaper off.
• to come off in pieces
1. The paint is peeling (off).
2. She got sunburned and the skin on her back is peeling (off).

• to lose an outer layer of skin, bark, etc.
1. She got sunburned and her back is peeling.
• to turn and go away from something quickly
1. One of the jets peeled off from the formation and headed back.
• to speed away from a place in a car, on a motorcycle, etc.
1. Dirt and gravel flew as he peeled out into the street.
• Noun
• the skin of a fruit
1. a banana peel
2. an orange peel