I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
banana peel
paint peels/flakes
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The paint was starting to peel off the window frame.
peel an apple (= remove the skin )
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Peel the apples and slice them finely.
peel potatoes (= cut the skin off them )
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Peel and slice the potatoes.
peeling/flaking paint (= starting to come off a surface because it is old )
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She lived in a gloomy old building with peeling paint on the walls.
Peel...oranges
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Peel the oranges and divide them into segments.
your skin peels (= the top layer comes off after you have had a sun tan )
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The week after the holiday my skin was already starting to peel.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
apple
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Towards the end she watched him peel an apple with deliberate care.
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Puny started slicing the peeled apples .
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I also admired the way he could peel an apple with the skin in one piece, coiled like a spring.
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By the time Christopher had peeled all the apples , she had the oven heating and the pastry rolled.
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Then again, they peel their apples with fancy, little knives instead of savaging them with their gnashers.
carrot
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I peeled a carrot and opened a can of sardines.
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Add an onion, chopped in half, a few celery ribs and a couple of peeled carrots .
layer
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If you are careful, you can peel back the layers of mud and uncover the rest of the hidden trail.
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This second token is doubly encrypted, and users pass it along after peeling off one layer of encryption.
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The room was hot and airless and I had to peel off my layers of reject golfing sweaters, one by one.
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As I peeled away the layers of the past, their life grew more confounding and the enigma expanded.
onion
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It's like trying to peel an onion .
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Because their learning was iterative, much like peeling an onion , we revisit some issues time and again.
paint
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The windows were all shuttered and what paint was left was peeling off in huge flakes.
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The paint was peeling on the window frames and the city dust and cobwebs seemed to have collected in every corner.
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Cartiers and snide Cartiers with the paint peeling off.
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Now most of the paint had been peeled away by successive seasons of sun and rain.
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The paint and plaster were peeling and the names on the eight-bell pushes were faded.
potato
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If the potatoes have been peeled the cooking water can be used for sauces or soups.
pound
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It works at first, and pounds peel off.
skin
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Then I started to be sick and my skin started to peel and drop off.
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Then the damaged skin peels off.
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Another one had had the skin peeled off his bones.
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Their skin peeled away and shrivelled while tears of agony rolled from their little red eyes.
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By then her husband's skin was peeling and covered in blisters.
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Now she cut the skin , peeled it back carefully, divided the orange into sections.
■ VERB
keep
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One final word on buying components, keep your eyes peeled for products that are about to be discontinued.
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We keep our eyes peeled for Forest Service Road 670.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
keep your eyes peeled/skinned
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But if you mean to stick around on the planet for a bit, you need to keep your eyes skinned.
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He had kept his eyes peeled.
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He pedalled along the canal bank quite slowly, keeping his eyes skinned for signs of defunct animal life.
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If you are interested, keep your eyes peeled for nomination lists to that effect.
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One final word on buying components, keep your eyes peeled for products that are about to be discontinued.
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She still kept her eyes skinned for people coming up the drive though.
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The village was in complete wilderness, our toilet a local bush - keeping our eyes peeled for lions!
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We keep our eyes peeled for Forest Service Road 670.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Could you peel an orange for me?
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I got sunburned, and now my face is peeling.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He peeled off his T-shirt, revealing a chunky tanned torso that reeked of Lifebuoy soap.
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He undid his buttons, and peeled off his shirt.
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Reno unfolded herself, pushed her bulk out of the car, and peeled her dresses off the back seat.
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So I peeled the label from the tube and threw my blood away.
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The windows were all shuttered and what paint was left was peeling off in huge flakes.
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Then he began to peel back the brittle newspapers, Father Tim saw that the date on the Mitford Muse was 1952.
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You could also drop mothballs or peeled garlic cloves or sprinkle hot pepper into the tunnels.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
lemon
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Back in the cabin I mix the berries with sugar and lemon peel , then roll out the pie crusts.
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Garnish with fresh parsley and lemon peel .
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And they ate Papparadelle Ripiene stuffed with goat cheese and Parmesan and covered with a grated lemon peel and cream sauce.
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Combine ground walnuts, garlic, lemon peel , cayenne and cinnamon with little salt.
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Garnished with a twist of lemon peel or a single green olive, the martini is one of the more simple cocktails.
orange
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Pour the juice and grated orange peel , and the honey and salt over the fruit.
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He slipped on an orange peel , fell, and succumbed to complications.
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The woman was at a table at the other end of the vehicle tidying away the orange peel .
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They dug in garbage piles, looking for anything at all, banana skins, orange peels , discarded greens.
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Great idea: before grating orange or lemon peel , run the grater under the cold tap to prevent sticking.
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Add raisins and chocolate and orange peel , if used, and cook for 1 minute.
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The room was badly ventilated, and the floor was strewn with nut shells and orange peel .
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Homemade cranberry sauce with slivers of almonds and pieces of orange peel .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a banana peel
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Add boiling water, sugar, spices, citrus juice and citrus peel .
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Add the peel and boil slowly until all the sugar syrup is pretty much absorbed.
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Add the wine and lemon peel to the olive oil and simmer for 2 minutes.
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Back in the cabin I mix the berries with sugar and lemon peel , then roll out the pie crusts.
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Drain the peel , refill the pot and boil the peel for 20 minutes more.
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Meanwhile place apples, water, peel and soft brown sugar and cinnamon in a pan and simmer until tender.
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Meanwhile, marinate the almonds, sultanas and peel in the rum for 30 minutes.
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The room was badly ventilated, and the floor was strewn with nut shells and orange peel .