The paint is peeling off the weather-beaten wall.
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Peeling
/ˈpiːlɪŋ/
Synonyms for "peeling" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (16)
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20 entriesapple rindbanana skinchemical peelchemical peelingcosmetic peelingdesquamationexfoliationfruit peelingknife peelingmanual peelingorange peelpaint peelingpeeler peelingpeeling paintpeeling paint removalpeeling plaster
Showing 16 of 20 words.
Collocations
13 entrieschemical peelingfruit peelingorange peelpeeling barkpeeling fruitpeeling knifepeeling paintpeeling plasterpeeling processpeeling skinpeeling wallpaperpotato peelingvegetable peeling
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 8 languages.
Bikol Central
1 entries- ubak noun (strip of outer surface)
Bulgarian
1 entries- обе́лки noun (strip of outer surface)
Catalan
1 entries- netegies noun (strip of outer surface)
Galician
4 entries- monda noun (strip of outer surface)
- para noun (strip of outer surface)
- paraca noun (strip of outer surface)
- pela noun (strip of outer surface)
Māori
1 entries- peha noun (strip of outer surface)
Russian
4 entries- ко́жица noun (strip of outer surface)
- ко́рка noun (strip of outer surface)
- очи́стки noun (strip of outer surface)
- шелуха́ noun (strip of outer surface)
Spanish
1 entries- cáscara noun (strip of outer surface)
Welsh
4 entries- crafion noun (strip of outer surface)
- creifion noun (strip of outer surface)
- nadd noun (strip of outer surface)
- parion noun (strip of outer surface)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The paint is peeling off.
Source: tatoeba (450046)
I am peeling the celery and the potatoes.
Source: tatoeba (528547)
I'm peeling the celery and the potatoes.
Source: tatoeba (757512)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.