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unpeeling

unpeeling is the present participle and gerund of unpeel.

Meaning of unpeel

Verb

unpeel (third-person singular simple present unpeels, present participle unpeeling, simple past and past participle unpeeled)

  1. (transitive) To remove the peel from something; to peel.
    • She is having trouble unpeeling an orange.
  2. (transitive) To unwind something.

Adjective

unpeeling (not comparable)

  1. That does not peel off.
    • […] Charlie had felt she was seeing life, tasting passion, recreating the glory of Simonetta Vespucci and a hundred others, models whose bodies were immortalised in eternal talent and unpeeling paint.2011, Samantha Phillips, Blonde Ambition

Questions about unpeeling

What does unpeeling mean?
Unpeeling means that does not peel off.
What is unpeeling the present participle and gerund of?
Unpeeling is the present participle and gerund of unpeel.
What part of speech is unpeeling?
Unpeeling is an adjective.

Words near unpeeling in the dictionary

  1. unpedicured
  2. unpedigreed
  3. unpeel
  4. unpeelable
  5. unpeeled
  6. unpeeling
  7. unpeels
  8. unpeer
  9. unpeerable
  10. unpeered
  11. unpeeved

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unpeeling (page history and authors); unpeel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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