- to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange.
- to strip (the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.) from something: to peel paint from a car.
- Croquet. to cause (another player's ball) to go through a wicket.
- (of skin, bark, paint, etc.) to come off; become separated.
- to lose the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.
- Informal. to undress.
- Metallurgy. (of a malleable iron casting) to lose, or tend to lose, the outer layer.
- the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Metallurgy. the presence of a brittle outer layer on a malleable iron casting.
- peel off,
- to remove (the skin, bark, etc.) or be removed: The old skin peeled off.
- Aeronautics.to leave a flying formation of aircraft with a banking turn, usually from one end of an echelon.
- Informal.to turn off or leave (a road): We peeled off the highway onto a dirt road.
- to remove (clothing) in a swift upward or downward motion.
- keep one's eyes peeled, Informal. to watch closely or carefully; be alert: Keep your eyes peeled for a gas station.
Origin of peel1
Examples from the Web for unpeeled
Pumpkin may be steamed in strips, unpeeled, but is not so rich.The Laurel Health Cookery
Evora Bucknum Perkins
Open a tin of tomatoes and remove as much skin as you can if they are the unpeeled kind.The Belgian Cookbook
She had unpeeled one more layer from this pretty, pretty world of ours.Rough-Hewn
Leisurely, all this, and not significant to the unpeeled eye.
Peaches are dried both peeled and unpeeled, but drying without peeling is chiefly done.The Peaches of New York
U. P. Hedrick
- (tr) to remove (the skin, rind, outer covering, etc) of (a fruit, egg, etc)
- (intr) (of paint, etc) to be removed from a surface, esp through weathering
- (intr) (of a surface) to lose its outer covering of paint, etc esp through weathering
- (intr) (of a person or part of the body) to shed skin in flakes or (of skin) to be shed in flakes, esp as a result of sunburn
- croquet to put (another player's ball) through a hoop or hoops
- keep one's eyes peeled or keep one's eyes skinned to watch vigilantly
- the skin or rind of a fruit, etc
- a long-handled shovel used by bakers for moving bread, in an oven
- (in Britain) a fortified tower of the 16th century on the borders between England and Scotland, built to withstand raids
- John, real name John Robert Parker Ravenscroft . 1939–2004, British broadcaster; presented his influential Radio 1 music programme (1967–2004) and Radio 4's Home Truths (1998–2004)
- Sir Robert. 1788–1850, British statesman; Conservative prime minister (1834–35; 1841–46). As Home Secretary (1828–30) he founded the Metropolitan Police and in his second ministry carried through a series of free-trade budgets culminating in the repeal of the Corn Laws (1846), which split the Tory party
Word Origin and History for unpeeled
"to strip off," developed from Old English pilian "to peel, skin, decorticate, strip the skin or ring," and Old French pillier, both from Latin pilare "to strip of hair," from pilus "hair" (see pile (n.3)). Probably also influenced by Latin pellis "skin, hide." Related: Peeled; peeling. Figurative expression keep (one's) eyes peeled be observant, be on the alert" is from 1853, American English.
"shovel-shaped instrument" used by bakers, etc., c.1400, from Old French pele (Modern French pelle) "shovel," from Latin pala "spade, shovel, baker's peel," of unknown origin.
piece of rind or skin, 1580s, from earlier pill, pile (late 14c.), from peel (v.)).
Idioms and Phrases with unpeeled
In addition to the idiom beginning with peel
- peel off
- keep one's eyes open (peeled)