What is the meaning of peeling?

noun

• Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales.
  • synonyms: desquamation, shedding

verb

• Strip the skin off.
  • usage: "pare apples"
  • synonyms: skin, peel, pare
• Come off in flakes or thin small pieces.
  • usage: "The paint in my house is peeling off"
  • synonyms: peel off, peel, flake off, flake
• Get undressed.
  • usage: "please don't undress in front of everybody"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
  • synonyms: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel