peel off

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verb

1. peel off the outer layer of something (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
skin, peel, pare
• Hyponyms:
exfoliate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. take off, as with some difficulty (Freq. 1)
- He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt
• Hypernyms:
take off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. leave a formation
• Topics:
air travel, aviation, air
• Hypernyms:
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer,
slue, slew, cut
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. come off in flakes or thin small pieces
- The paint in my house is peeling off
• Syn:
peel, flake off, flake
• Derivationally related forms:
flake (for: flake), peeling (for: peel)
• Hypernyms:
chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. peel off in scales
- dry skin desquamates
• Syn:
desquamate
• Derivationally related forms:
desquamation (for: desquamate)
• Hypernyms:
shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s