unpeel

U1N1P3E1E1L1

verb

To remove the peel from something; to peel.

“She is having trouble unpeeling an orange.”

Scrabble 8

Meanings

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

present singular third person unpeels · participle present unpeeling · participle past unpeeled · past unpeeled

  1. transitiveTo remove the peel from something; to peel.

    She is having trouble unpeeling an orange.

    1 more example

    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. transitiveTo unwind something.

Origin

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

unpeel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpeel

MLA

“unpeel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpeel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpeel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpeel.

Source: unpeel on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.