English Synonym Finder

peel

Definitions

To remove the outer covering or skin from a fruit, vegetable, or other object.

The outer skin or rind of a fruit or vegetable.

To come off in strips or flakes, as with paint or sunburned skin.

Examples

You should peel the orange before you try to eat it.

The sunburn caused the skin on his shoulders to peel.

Synonyms

skin pare strip flay shuck husk exfoliate

Antonyms

cover clothe coat layer mask hide attach