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PEEL OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Peel off in scales
Example:
dry skin desquamates
Synonyms:
desquamate; peel off
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "peel off" is one way to...):
exuviate; molt; moult; shed; slough (cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take off, as with some difficulty
Example:
He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "peel off" is one way to...):
take off (remove clothes)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Come off in flakes or thin small pieces
Example:
The paint in my house is peeling off
Synonyms:
flake; flake off; peel; peel off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "peel off" is one way to...):
break away; break off; chip; chip off; come off (break off (a piece from a whole))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 4
Meaning:
Peel off the outer layer of something
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "peel off" is one way to...):
pare; peel; skin (strip the skin off)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "peel off"):
exfoliate (remove the surface, in scales or laminae)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Leave a formation
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "peel off" is one way to...):
curve; cut; sheer; slew; slue; swerve; trend; veer (turn sharply; change direction abruptly)
Domain category:
air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
