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

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

Encyclopedia: Peel, Isle Of Man Peel Peel, Isle of Man Peel, New Brunswick Peel, Netherlands