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PEELING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales

Synonyms:

desquamation; peeling; shedding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("peeling" is a kind of...):

organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Derivation:

peel (come off in flakes or thin small pieces)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb peel

Credits

 Context examples: 

And here I was, with dreary and endless vistas before me of table-setting, potato-peeling, and dish-washing.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

In the afternoon, while the cook was below asleep and I was peeling the everlasting potatoes, Louis dropped into the galley for a “yarn.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Besides my work in the cabin, with its four small state-rooms, I was supposed to be his assistant in the galley, and my colossal ignorance concerning such things as peeling potatoes or washing greasy pots was a source of unending and sarcastic wonder to him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I was peeling potatoes.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)