There is an old superstition that if you throw the unbroken peel of an apple over your shoulder, it will show the initial of the person you are going to marry. You can't eat banana peel.

Ray has been peeling potatoes all day.

I got sunburnt last week and now my skin is peeling.

We need to repaint this door; it's starting to peel.

Grace peeled the bark from the tree.

Harry peeled the old paint off the door before applying the new paint.

The baker uses a peel to slide the bread dough into the hot oven.

I peeled off the skin of the apple, then cored it and cut it into wedges.

He peeled away the latex mask to reveal his true identity.

The author peels away the layers of pretence to reveal the truth about polite 19th-century society.

The paint is peeling away from the wall.

One by one the members of the group peeled off until only Nelson was left.

Have you ever seen anyone slip on a banana peel in real life?

For fun, some people put a wedge of orange peel between their front teeth and lips, then smile to show the orange peel.

Peel back the layers and look at the root of the problem.

They protested efforts to peel back election reforms.

My sunburnt skin is peeling off.

Damp in the walls is causing the paint to peel off.

The striptease dancer peeled off her clothes during the show.