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peeled.

With the outermost layer or skin removed.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/piːld/
  1. With the outermost layer or skin removed.

    not-comparable
    The peeled fruit quickly turned brown.
    He stirred the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it.
  2. Dieted down such as having attained a peak contrast of trained muscle volume.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From peel (verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tenses).

adj/piːld/
  1. Having a peel; (in combination) having the specified type of peel.

    not-comparable · rare
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English peel Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English peeled From peel (noun) + -ed (“having”).

verb/piːld/
  1. simple past and past participle of peel

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From peel (verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tenses).

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