Betekenis van peeling In het Nederlands

• 0 present participle of peel

• 1 to remove the skin of fruit and vegetables:

  • Peel, core, and chop the apples.

• 2 If a layer or covering peels, it slowly comes off, and if you peel a layer or covering, you remove it slowly and carefully:

  • We peeled the wallpaper off the walls.

  • Peel off the backing strip and press the label down firmly.

  • The posters were peeling away from the damp walls.

  • The new paint is already starting to crack and peel.

• 3 If you peel, or part of your body or your skin peels, parts of the top layer of your skin comes off because you are burned from being in the sun:

  • My back is peeling.