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Noun: peeling  peeling
  1. Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
    - desquamation, shedding
Verb: peel  peel
  1. Strip the skin off
    - skin, pare
     
  2. Come off in flakes or thin small pieces
    "The paint in my house is peeling off"
    - peel off, flake off, flake
     
  3. Get undressed
    - undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe

Sounds like: pealing

Derived forms: peelings

See also: peeler

Type of: break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off, organic phenomenon, strip, take off

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Peeling