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Peel: Meanings, Uses, and Common Mistakes (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：remove skin (Peel)

Peel 🔊

/piːl/

v., n.

To remove the outer skin from a fruit or vegetable.

Child peeling carrot skin with peeler in sunny kitchen

remove skin 🔊

➕

/rɪˈmuːv skɪn/

v., n.

To strip off the outer covering of a fruit or vegetable.

📁 Category：Diet & Health 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old French 'peler', Latin 'pilare' (to remove hair).

💡 Mnemonic

Think of a banana: you 'peel' it before eating. The 'P' sounds like 'pull' – you pull off the skin.

📖 Example

Can you peel the potatoes for me while I prepare the salad for lunch? 🔊 Could you remove the skin from the potatoes while I prepare the salad for lunch?

🔗 Collocations

peel an apple – remove the skin of an apple

peel a banana – take off the banana's outer covering

peel potatoes – strip the skin off potatoes

🔄 Synonyms

pare (v.) – to trim off the outer layer, especially with a knife

strip (v.) – to remove a covering or layer from something

skin (v.) – to take off the skin of a fruit or animal

🚫 Antonyms

cover (v.) – to put something over or on top of

coat (v.) – to cover with a layer of something

🌱 Derivatives

peeler (n.) – a tool for removing skin from fruits or vegetables

peeled (adj.) – having the skin removed

peeling (n.) – the act of removing skin or the piece that is removed

📖 Cultural Story

Originating in the 13th century from Old French 'peler', derived from Latin 'pilare' (to strip hair). It later specialized to removing fruit skins and is now a common kitchen verb worldwide.

Meaning 2：skin shedding (Peel)

Peel 🔊

/piːl/

v., n.

When skin comes off in small pieces after sunburn or irritation.

Sunburnt arm skin peeling off in small dry pieces

skin shedding 🔊

➕

/skɪn ˈʃedɪŋ/

v., n.

When the outer layer of skin comes off in small pieces, typically after sunburn or irritation.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

After a long day at the beach without sunscreen, my shoulders began to peel and feel sore. 🔊 After spending the whole day at the beach without sunscreen, the skin on my shoulders started to come off in small pieces and felt sore.

🔗 Collocations

skin starts to peel – the outer layer of skin begins to detach

peel after sunburn – the process of skin flaking following a sunburn

peeling skin on nose – the shedding of skin from the nose area

🔄 Synonyms

flake (v.) – to come off in small thin pieces

shed (v.) – to naturally lose or drop off (like skin or fur)

desquamate (v.) – medical term for the shedding of the outer layer of skin

🚫 Antonyms

heal (v.) – to become healthy again after injury

regrow (v.) – to grow again after loss or damage

🌱 Derivatives

peeling (n.) – the pieces of skin that have come off

peely (adj.) – informal: prone to peeling or in the process of peeling