peel
The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etcThe skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
» I'll peel an orange for you.
Ich schäle dir eine Orange.
Ich schäle eine Orange für dich.
Ich schäl dir eine Orange.
Я почищу тебе апельсин.
Я почищу вам апельсин.
Я тобі почищу апельсин.
Meaning
11 senses(uncountable, usually)The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
Schale
кожура́kožurá, ко́ркаkórka, шелуха́husk
шкі́ркаškírka, шку́ркаškúrka, лушпа́йкаlušpájka
the rind of a fruit or vegetable
(countable)The action of peeling away from a formation.
(countable)A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
Near-synonym: pizza paddle
A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
Brotschieber, Ofenschieber, Ofenschaufel
лопа́таlopáta
лопа́таlopáta
(Scotland)An equal or match; a draw.
A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
(obsolete)A stake.
(obsolete)A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
(archaic)A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
(US, archaic)The blade of an oar.
Examples
321 sentencesI'll peel an orange for you.
Я тобі почищу апельсин.
ruЯ почищу тебе апельсин.
deIch schäle dir eine Orange.
Tom peeled the banana and ate it.
Том почистив банан і з'їв його.
Tom peeled his apple before he ate it.
Перш ніж з'їсти яблуко, Том його почистив.
Tom peeled the potatoes and then boiled them.
Том почистив картоплю і зварив її.
ruТом почистил картошку, а затем отварил её.
deTom schälte die Kartoffeln und kochte sie hernach.
Tom peeled the potatoes.
Том почистив картоплю.
ruТом почистил картошку.
deTom hat die Kartoffeln geschält.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English pelen, from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier; both froFrom Middle English pelen, from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier; both from Latin pilō, pilāre (“to remove hair from, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pill.
From Middle English peel, pele, from Anglo-Norman pel (compare modern French pieu), from Latin pālus (“stake”). Doublet of pole and pale.
From Middle English pele, from Old French pele (modern French pelle), from Latin pāla, from the base of plangō (“fix, plant”). Doublet of pala.
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Forms
plural: peelsSynonyms
7 synonyms- the rind of a fruit or vegetable:skin
- British politician (1788-1850):Robert PeelSir Robert Peel
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
6 patterns- peeled the apple
- peeling potatoes
- peeled the potatoes
- was peeling potatoes
- peel an an
- peel apples