peel

1. (transitive)To remove the skin or outer covering of.

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

   schälen

   очища́тьočiščátʹ, очи́ститьočístitʹ

   обчищатиobčyščaty, чиститиčystyty, оббира́тиobbyráty

   remove the skin from

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

   I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.

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

3. (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.

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

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

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

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

6. To play a peel shot.

7. To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).

8. (archaic, transitive)To plunder; to pillage, rob.

1. I'll peel an orange for you.

   Я тобі почищу апельсин. — deniko

   ruЯ почищу тебе апельсин. — Selena777

   deIch schäle dir eine Orange. — Haehnchenpaella

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2. Tom peeled the banana and ate it.

   Том почистив банан і з'їв його. — deniko

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3. Tom peeled his apple before he ate it.

   Перш ніж з'їсти яблуко, Том його почистив. — deniko

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4. Tom peeled the potatoes and then boiled them.

   Том почистив картоплю і зварив її. — deniko

   ruТом почистил картошку, а затем отварил её. — odexed

   deTom schälte die Kartoffeln und kochte sie hernach. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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5. Tom peeled the potatoes.

   Том почистив картоплю. — deniko

   ruТом почистил картошку. — marafon

   deTom hat die Kartoffeln geschält. — Vortarulo

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regular · Lesson

• peel offчистити, обібратиTo separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.
• peel outTo start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks.
• peel awayTo separate off from the main body; to move off to one side (as in troop movements on a parade ground or in an organized retreat, or columns in a procession).