Past tense of peel
regular verb
The past tense of peel is peeled. The past participle is also peeled.
Forms of peel
| Base form (V1) | peel /piːl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | peeled /piːld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | peeled /piːld/ |
| Present participle | peeling /ˈpiːlɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | peels /piːlz/ |
Peeled in a sentence
- I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.
- We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
- Keep an eye peeled, you never know when the ice-cream truck will pass by.From the entry keep an eye peeled
- Make sure to keep your ears pricked and your eyes peeled.From the entry pricked
- He stirred the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it.From the entry peeled
Meaning of peel
- verb To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- verb To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
- verb To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
Questions about the past tense of peel
- What is the past tense of peel?
- The past tense of peel is peeled.
- What is the past participle of peel?
- The past participle of peel is peeled.
- Is peel a regular or irregular verb?
- Peel is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: peel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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