Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun peeling

1 sense of peeling

Sense 1
desquamation, peeling, shedding -- (loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales)
       => organic phenomenon -- ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb peel

3 senses of peel

Sense 1
skin, peel, pare -- (strip the skin off; "pare apples")
       => strip -- (remove the surface from; "strip wood")

Sense 2
peel off, peel, flake off, flake -- (come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off")
       => chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off -- (break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped")

Sense 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")
       => take off -- (take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!")