Is "unpeeling an orange" grammatically correct?
Also found an interesting explanation in the same reference. The "un-" in "unpeel" is not the negating prefix of "unsung" or "unbelievable," but a different prefix, one derived from Old English "and-," meaning "against." The latter prefix is the one in "unfold" and "unhand," and in a word mentioned elsewhere in this thread, "unravel."
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2007年12月2日 · The "un-" in "unpeel" is not the negating prefix of "unsung" or "unbelievable," but a different prefix, one derived from Old English "and-," meaning "against." The latter prefix is the one in "unfold" and "unhand," and in a word mentioned elsewhere in this thread, "unravel."
The opposite of "to peel? A word for removing a valuable center?
2019年2月12日 · An antonym for peel would be to unpeel, to put the skin back on. I am not looking for that, but rather, for something that extracts and retains whatever is valuable or central or essential or edible from something -- what would be left after you peels something, or what you get by removing the center of something with a spoon.
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2016年8月15日 · There's a lot going on here. Both verbs have an un- prefix, in the sense of 'remove'; unleash means 'remove the leash' and untap means 'remove the tap'. In either case, some encumbrance is released. If you untap a container of fluid, the fluid comes out; if you unleash a dog, the dog is freed. So far, so much the same.
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2009年8月19日 · If I remember correctly this matter was discussed in a particular thread in the English Only forum and the sentece was that to peel and to unpeel refers to the same concept. EDIT: Well, it was not exactly that; to unpeel doesn't exist but it does unpeeled as an adjective meaning with no peel. Have a look:
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2011年6月25日 · Wandering JJ said: Lo que sugieres es lo contrario de lo que significa! Un unpeeled tomate es uno que conserva la piel; igual unseeded. Un peeled tomato es un tomate al que se le ha quitado la piel. El verbo to peel significa pelar, desde luego unpeel (aunque no existe como verbo) significa lo contrario. En lo dicho.