remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit or vegetable)

she watched him peel an apple with deliberate care

(of a surface or object) lose parts of its outer layer or covering in small strips or pieces

the walls are peeling

the outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable

pieces of potato peel

an act of exfoliating dead skin in the cosmetic treatment of microdermabrasion

a flat implement like a shovel, especially one used by a baker for carrying loaves or similar items of food into or out of an oven

a wooden pizza peel

a small square defensive tower of a kind built in the 16th century in the border counties of England and Scotland

in 1326 orders were given for the peel of the castle to be repaired

send (another player's ball) through a hoop

the better players are capable of peeling a ball through two or three hoops