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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
peeling
    n 1: loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming
         off in scales [syn: desquamation, peeling, shedding]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Peel \Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peeled (p[=e]ld); 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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

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