1. Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling, shedding or coming off in scales
   "peeling is a common symptom of certain skin conditions";
   - desquamation, shedding
    
2. Strips that have been peeled off
   "potato peelings"

1. Remove the skin from
   "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
   "He peeled off his wet clothes";
   - undress, discase [archaic], uncase [archaic], unclothe, strip, strip down [informal], disrobe, unrobe

Sounds like: p

Derived forms: peelings

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

Antonym: dress, enclothe [rare]

Encyclopedia: Peeling