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present singular third person unpeels · participle present unpeeling · participle past unpeeled · past unpeeled
- transitiveTo remove the peel from something; to peel.
She is having trouble unpeeling an orange.
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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 - transitiveTo unwind something.
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unpeel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpeel
“unpeel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpeel. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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