PEEL OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peel off mean? 

• PEEL OFF (verb)
  The verb PEEL OFF has 5 senses:

1. peel off the outer layer of something

2. take off, as with some difficulty

3. leave a formation

4. come off in flakes or thin small pieces

5. peel off in scales

  Familiarity information: PEEL OFF used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEEL OFF (verb)

Sense 1

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 2

Meaning:

Take off, as with some difficulty

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt

Hypernyms (to "peel off" is one way to...):

take off (remove clothes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

Come off in flakes or thin small pieces

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

flake; flake off; peel; peel off

Context example:

The paint in my house is peeling off

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 5

Meaning:

Peel off in scales

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

desquamate; peel off

Context example:

dry skin desquamates

Hypernyms (to "peel off" is one way to...):

exuviate; molt; moult; shed; slough (cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s