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unpeel en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English peel English unpeel From un- + peel.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove the peel from something; to peel.
   • She is having trouble unpeeling an orange.
   • 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. 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
2. (transitive) To unwind something.

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