peeling
part of speech
verb form (present participle of «peel»: peel, peels, peeled, peeling); adjective (peeling); noun (peelings, usually plural)
meaning for a pupil
1) Peeling is the -ing form of «peel»: taking the skin off fruit or vegetables, or a covering coming off. tree →
2) Peeling describes paint, wallpaper or skin that is coming off in thin strips or flakes. tree →
3) Peelings are the bits of skin you have peeled off fruit or vegetables. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the kitchen it is about preparing food («peeling potatoes») and kitchen safety with a peeler. In health it describes skin after sunburn. In stories peeling paint shows an old, uncared-for house. Phrases: «peeling potatoes», «peeling paint», «my skin is peeling», «potato peelings», «peeling off».
examples
- I am peeling an orange for my lunch. tree →
- The old house had peeling paint and a broken gate. tree →
- After the sunburn my shoulders started peeling. tree →
- Put the potato peelings in the compost bin. tree →
- Peel away from your hand when you use a peeler. tree →
- The sticker kept peeling off my water bottle. tree →
- Mum and I were peeling carrots for the soup. tree →
- Then the old man blew the ashes from a smoking yam, and proceeded to remove the peeling. tree →
note
«Peeling» as a noun for the bits is usually plural: peelings. Do not confuse «peel» with «peal» (the ringing of bells). Peeling skin after sunburn means the skin was damaged; wear sunscreen.
In the corpora
- Carving or peeling bark wounds a tree and lets in disease that can kill it.
- If a blister bursts, leave the loose skin in place and cover it, rather than peeling it off.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «peeling» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.