unpeel

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ peel.

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.

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     Or he might be chatting amiably with a stroke victim or a potted plant. He might be unpeeling the invisible piece of fruit that occupied his attention hour after hour. He might be sleeping.

2. (transitive) To unwind something.

Anagrams

• lupene