What part of speech is peel?

Peel can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. peel is a verb, present, 1st person singular of peel (infinitive).
  • 2. peel is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. peel is a noun, singular of peels.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does peel mean?

Definitions

Verb

peel - To plunder; to pillage, rob.
peel - To remove the skin or outer covering of.
peel - To remove from the outer or top layer of.
peel - To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
peel - To remove one's clothing.
peel - To move, separate.
peel - To send through a hoop of a ball other than one's own.
peel - To sound loudly.

Noun

peel - the rind of a fruit or vegetable
Peel - British politician (1788-1850)

Examples of peel

#   Sentence  
1. noun He slipped on a banana peel.
2. noun You can easily judge the ripeness of a banana by the color of its peel.
3. noun Have you ever slipped on a banana peel?
4. noun Everyone in the room burst out laughing when they saw Tom slip on the banana peel.
5. noun Tom slipped on a banana peel.
6. noun Mary was amazed when Tom ate an orange, peel and all.
7. noun I have never slipped on a banana peel.
8. noun He mixes the wholemeal flour, the coriander, the lemon peel and the cinnamon in a bowl.
9. noun We finished with a curl of orange peel.
10. noun Please throw the banana peel in the vermicompost bin.
11. noun The cat slipped on the peach peel.
12. noun I like water with orange peel.
13. verb Lend me a knife with which to peel this pear.
14. verb I'll peel an orange for you.
15. verb I can peel an apple.
16. verb His fake moustache started to peel off on one side.
17. verb Some teachers peel potatoes while teaching.
18. verb Please peel the potatoes.
19. verb Tom is too young to peel an apple.
20. verb It's difficult to peel chestnuts.
21. verb Can't you peel an orange?
22. verb The paper was beginning to peel off the walls.
23. verb I have to peel a whole bucket of apples for a jam.
24. verb I cannot peel potatoes. I don't have a knife.
25. verb I have to peel the apples.
26. verb I like to peel apples.
27. verb Where did you peel them?
Sentence  
noun
He slipped on a banana peel.
You can easily judge the ripeness of a banana by the color of its peel.
Have you ever slipped on a banana peel?
Everyone in the room burst out laughing when they saw Tom slip on the banana peel.
Tom slipped on a banana peel.
Mary was amazed when Tom ate an orange, peel and all.
I have never slipped on a banana peel.
He mixes the wholemeal flour, the coriander, the lemon peel and the cinnamon in a bowl.
We finished with a curl of orange peel.
Please throw the banana peel in the vermicompost bin.
The cat slipped on the peach peel.
I like water with orange peel.
verb
Lend me a knife with which to peel this pear.
I'll peel an orange for you.
I can peel an apple.
His fake moustache started to peel off on one side.
Some teachers peel potatoes while teaching.
Please peel the potatoes.
Tom is too young to peel an apple.
It's difficult to peel chestnuts.
Can't you peel an orange?
The paper was beginning to peel off the walls.
I have to peel a whole bucket of apples for a jam.
I cannot peel potatoes. I don't have a knife.
I have to peel the apples.
I like to peel apples.
Where did you peel them?

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