peel off
| 1. |
(verb) take off, as with some difficulty; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt" |
|
Related Words: take off |
|
| 2. |
(verb) come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" |
|
Synonyms: flake, flake off, peel |
|
Related Words: break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off |
|
| 3. |
(verb) peel off the outer layer of something |
|
Related Words: exfoliate, pare, peel, skin |
|
| 4. |
(verb) to leave a formation; of airplanes |
|
Related Words: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer |
|
| 5. |
(verb) peel off in scales; of skin |
|
Synonyms: desquamate |
|
Related Words: exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough |
|
|