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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Peel \Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peeled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Peeling.] [F. peler to pull out the hair, to strip, to
     peel, fr. L. pilare to deprive of hair, fr. pilus a hair; or
     perh. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr. L.
     pellis skin (cf. Fell skin). Cf. Peruke.]
     1. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by
        drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to
        flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin
        of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
     1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
        desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
        of undamaged. [Narrower terms: battered, beat-up,
        beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
        ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound; bent, crumpled,
        dented; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
        burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
        burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate); burst,
        ruptured; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
        defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
        knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; mangled,
        mutilated; peeling; scraped, scratched;
        storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
        destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
        part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
        terms: busted; chipped; cracked; crumbled,
        fragmented; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
        shattered, smashed, splintered; split; unkept,
        violated] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
        unsound.
  
     Syn: broken.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
        reputation.
  
     Syn: discredited.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
        the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
  
     Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
          tainted, tarnished.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Peel \Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peeled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Peeling.] [F. peler to pull out the hair, to strip, to
     peel, fr. L. pilare to deprive of hair, fr. pilus a hair; or
     perh. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr. L.
     pellis skin (cf. Fell skin). Cf. Peruke.]
     1. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by
        drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to
        flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.
  
              The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin
        of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  peeling
       adj : having the paint loose and peeling away; "a dilapidated
             house with peeling paint"; "peeling row houses"
       n : loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming
           off in scales [syn: desquamation, shedding]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  peeling
     n.
     The act of remove the outer surface in strips.
     vb.
     (present participle of en peel nocat=1)
     Polish n.
     (lb pl cosmetics) exfoliation, peel (gl: cosmetic preparation)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  peeling
     n.
     The act of remove the outer surface in strips.
     vb.
     (present participle of en peel nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  peeling
     n.
     The act of remove the outer surface in strips.
     vb.
     (present participle of en peel nocat=1)
     Polish n.
     (lb pl cosmetics) exfoliation, peel (gl: cosmetic preparation)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  peeling
     n.
     The act of remove the outer surface in strips.
     vb.
     (present participle of en peel nocat=1)
     Polish n.
     (lb pl cosmetics) exfoliation, peel (gl: cosmetic preparation)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  peeling
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm p eel ing)

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Peeling /pˈeːlɪŋ/ 
  peeling 

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Peeling… /pˈeːlɪŋ/ 
  exfoliating 
     Synonym: peelend
  

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fra ]

  Peeling /ˈpiːlɪŋ/ 
  exfoliation, peeling, gommage
  Kosmetik: eine mit unterschiedlichen Wirkstoffen induzierte Schälung der (Gesichts-)Haut zur Beseitigung von Hautunreinheiten

From Deutsch-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-pol ]

  Peeling /ˈpiːlɪŋ/ 
  peeling, eksfoliacja, piling
  Kosmetik: eine mit unterschiedlichen Wirkstoffen induzierte Schälung der (Gesichts-)Haut zur Beseitigung von Hautunreinheiten

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  Peeling /ˈpiːlɪŋ/ 
  peeling
  Kosmetik: eine mit unterschiedlichen Wirkstoffen induzierte Schälung der (Gesichts-)Haut zur Beseitigung von Hautunreinheiten

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Peeling /pˈiːlɪŋ/
  القشرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  peeling //ˈpiːlɪŋ// 
  1. бе́лене
  act of removing the outer surface in strips
  2. обе́лки
  strip of outer surface

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  peeling /pˈiːlɪŋ/ 
  odlupování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  peeling /pˈiːlɪŋ/ 
  loupání

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  peeling /pˈiːlɪŋ/
  Abblättern , Abplatzen , Abschiefern , Abschieferung , Abschilfern , Abschuppung 
           Note: Werkstoff
     Synonyms: flaking, scaling, exfoliation
  
   see: surface peeling
  
           Note: off

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  peeling /pˈiːlɪŋ/
  Peeling 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  peeling /pˈiːlɪŋ/
  Rinde 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  peeling /pˈiːlɪŋ/
  abblätternd, abplatzend, abschilfernd, abschuppend, sich schiefernd
     Synonyms: flaking, scaling, exfoliating
  
   see: flake, peel, scale, exfoliate, flaked, peeled, scaled, exfoliated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  peeling /pˈiːlɪŋ/
  sich ablösend
     Synonyms: peeling off, peeling away
  
   see: peel, peel off, peel away, peeled, peeled off, peeled away
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  peeling /pˈiːlɪŋ/
  schälend, abpellend, pellend
   see: peel, peeled, peels, peeled
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  peeling /pˈiːlɪŋ/
  lupljenje

From français-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-jpn ]

  peeling /pi.liŋ/ 
  ケミカルピーリング, ピーリング

From język polski-English FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-eng ]

  peeling /ˈpʲilʲĩŋk/ 
  exfoliation
  (kosmetyka, kosmetyczny, kosmetologia) technika kosmetyczna polegająca na złuszczaniu lub ścieraniu martwego naskórka

From język polski-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-fra ]

  peeling /ˈpʲilʲĩŋk/ 
  peeling, gommage
  (kosmetyka, kosmetyczny, kosmetologia) technika kosmetyczna polegająca na złuszczaniu lub ścieraniu martwego naskórka

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpiɫɪŋ/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/piliŋ/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 剥皮,剥下的皮;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 剥皮,剥下的皮

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