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1. Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling, shedding or coming off in scales
   - desquamation, shedding

1. Strip the skin off
   "peel apples";
   - 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, unrobe

Sounds like: p

Derived forms: peelings

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

Encyclopedia: Peeling