Peeled

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Pronunciation: /piːld/

Definitions

1. The condition of having had an outer layer or skin removed commonly applies to fruits and vegetables in cooking or food preparation
2. The act of taking away the outer covering from an item is particularly relevant in culinary contexts involving vegetables and fruits
3. Having had the outer surface or skin separated or stripped away from an object, especially food items like fruits or vegetables

Etymology: "Peeled" is simply the past tense and past participle of "peel," with the ending "-ed" attached. The verb "peel" came into English from the Latin word for "skin" through Old French, referring to the outer covering of a fruit or other thing that comes away when pulled. The "-ed" ending traces back much further, to Proto-Germanic forms that marked past actions, and it carries the same basic function in "peeled" as in any regular English past tense. Worth noting is that the adjective sense, "having had the outer layer removed," works the same way: the "-ed" here comes from an older suffix meaning "having," so "peeled" describes something that has been stripped of its skin or covering.

Synonyms: skinned, stripped, pared, removed, exposed

Antonyms: unpeeled, covered