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peeled

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /piːld/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: pealed
  • rhymes with -iːld
  • CMU ARPABET: P IY1 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

With the outermost layer or skin removed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The peeled fruit quickly turned brown.
  • He stirred the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unpeeled

2

adj

Meaning 2

Dieted down such as having attained a peak contrast of trained muscle volume.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: able-bodied, athletic, Atlantean, beefy, beefed out, brawny, brolic, buff, built, built like a brick shithouse, built like a tank, buirdly, burly, Cyclopean, deep-rooted, dench, diced, fit, gigantic, Herculean, hale, hearty, hench, husky, in shape, jacked, lusty, like a giant refreshed, made of iron, muscular, muscled, muscleful, ripped, rugged, sculpted, sinewy, strapping, strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy, swole, toned, virile, well-built, well-fed, well-knit, wiry

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having a peel; (in combination) having the specified type of peel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peely

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of peel

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

(used informally) completely unclothed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, naked as a jaybird, stark naked

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

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”).

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: pelé — with outer layer removed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skrellet — with outer layer removed
  • Tagalog: talop — with outer layer removed