peeled
Because it is a word with a single syllable, peeled is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofpeeled
- To remove the skin or outer covering of.
Example: "I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her."
- To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
Example: "I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily."
- To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
Example: "I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel."
- To remove one's clothing.
Example: "The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in."
- To move, separate (off or away).
Example: "The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines."
- To play a peel shot.
- To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
- To plunder; to pillage, rob.
- With the outermost layer or skin removed.
Example: "He stirred the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it."
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