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To remove the skin or outer covering of.

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

To remove something from the outer or top layer of.

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

To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.

Example: I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.

To remove one's clothing.

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

To play a peel shot.

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

To plunder; to pillage, rob.

With the outermost layer or skin removed.

Example: He stirred the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it.