- present participle of peel.
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As we can clearly see this week, the paint is peeling and we have no way to fix it.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
BALTIMORE—With its boarded-up windows and peeling facade, the vacant building didn’t seem like the kind of house that would prompt a bidding war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Telltale signs of water damage include discolored wall panels, black mold, cracking plaster or peeling paint, just to name a few.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Washing or peeling can lessen the risk of infection, but cooking food to at least 158 degrees reliably kills Cyclospora.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
There it was, wadded up on the peeling porch floor.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
"I live in the end house and we get whatever is chucked - fruit peelings, wrapping paper blowing into our garden," he said.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
Oft-reviled white chocolate may have found an appropriate use sprinkled on top, but my pie was loaded with far too many large shreds and peelings, such that many bites morphed into unpleasant waxiness, then oiliness.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2023
Mr. Bottura has teamed up with chefs from his restaurants to produce four video lessons with tips for using items like vegetable peelings for a sauce and bread crusts to make a caramel cake.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
Elsewhere, children begged at the doors of more well-off neighbors, hoping for stale bread, table scraps, or raw potato peelings.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
He dropped the peelings into a sack, wiped his hands, and said, “Come.”
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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