"peeling" in the noun sense
1. desquamation, peeling, shedding
loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
"peeling" in the verb sense
1. skin, peel, pare
strip the skin off
"pare apples"
2. peel off, peel, flake off, flake
come off in flakes or thin small pieces
"The paint in my house is peeling off"
3. undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel
get undressed
"please don't undress in front of everybody!"
"She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
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