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peel off

/ peel off /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
take off, as with some difficulty
"He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt"
Type of:
take off
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
come off in flakes or thin small pieces
"The paint in my house is peeling off"
Type of:
chip chip off come off
Derived:
bit chip flake fleck scrap
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
peel off the outer layer of something
Type of:
skin peel pare
Kinds of:
exfoliate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
leave a formation
Type of:
swerve sheer curve
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Domain:
air travel aviation air
verb Sense 5
peel off in scales
"dry skin desquamates"
Type of:
shed molt exuviate
Derived:
desquamation peeling shedding
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Semantic Complexity
45%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
22
Times Searched
3
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take off chip chip off come off skin peel pare exfoliate swerve sheer curve shed