He got an unhappy meal. An NYPD cop is suing McDonald’s over a burn from scalding-hot coffee that spilled and allegedly caused his skin to “peel off” — echoing a famous 1990s case in which a New ...

NYPD cop suing McDonald’s over scalding-hot coffee burn that caused his skin to ‘peel off’ — echoing famous ‘90s case

1. To lose or shed skin, bark, or other covering. 2. To come off in thin strips or pieces, as bark, skin, or paint: Her sunburned skin began to peel.

A peel is the covering of a fruit or vegetable. Some peels are thick and easy to remove, like an orange peel, while others might be more stubborn, like the thin peel on a potato.

Peel means to pull or strip off the natural external covering or protection of something: to peel an orange, a potato.Pare is used of trimming off chips, flakes, or superficial parts from something, as well as of cutting off the skin or rind: to pare the nails; to pare a potato.

PEEL definition: 1. to remove the skin of fruit and vegetables: 2. If a layer or covering peels, it slowly comes…. Learn more.

'Peel' is a noun or a verb referring to the outer covering of something, like a fruit or vegetable, or the act of removing such a layer. 'Peal' is most commonly a noun referring to a loud sound or succession of sounds.