unpeel

English

Etymology

un- + peel

Verb

unpeel (third-person singular simple present unpeels, present participle unpeeling, simple past and past participle unpeeled)

  1. (transitive) To remove the peel from something; to peel.
    She is having trouble unpeeling an orange.
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      Or he might be chatting amiably with a stroke victim or a potted plant. He might be unpeeling the invisible piece of fruit that occupied his attention hour after hour. He might be sleeping.
  2. (transitive) To unwind something.

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