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peel off
peel 1 P0134100 (pēl)n.1. The skin or rind of certain fruits and vegetables.2. A chemical peel.v. peeled, peel·ing, peels v.tr.1. To strip or cut away the skin, rind, or bark from; pare.2. To strip away; pull off: peeled the label from the jar.v.intr.1. To lose or shed skin, bark, or other covering.2. To come off in thin strips or pieces, as bark, skin, or paint: Her sunburned skin began to peel.Phrasal Verbs: peel off1. To remove (an article of clothing that fits snugly).2. To break away from a group in motion, especially to leave flight formation in order to land an aircraft or make a dive.3. To leave or depart, especially in a hurry. peel out To leave quickly, especially by accelerating a vehicle so that the tires spin: peeled out of the driveway.
[From Middle English pilen, pelen, to peel, from Old French peler, and Old English pilian (both from Latin pilāre, to deprive of hair, from pilus, hair) and from Old French pillier, to tug, pull, plunder (from Latin pilleum, felt cap).]
peel 2 P0134100 (pēl)n.1. A long-handled, shovellike tool used by bakers to move bread or pastries into and out of an oven.2. Printing A T-shaped pole used for hanging up freshly printed sheets of paper to dry.
[Middle English, from Old French pele, from Latin pāla, spade, peel; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]
peel 3 P0134100 (pēl)n. A fortified house or tower of a kind constructed in the borderland of Scotland and England in the 1500s.
[Middle English pel, stake, small castle, from Anglo-Norman, stockade, variant of Old French, stake, from Latin pālus; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]peel off vb (adverb) 1. to remove or be removed by peeling2. (intr) slang to undress3. (Aeronautics) (intr) (of an aircraft) to turn away as by banking, and leave a formation4. slang to go away or cause to go awayThesaurus| Verb | 1. | peel off - peel off the outer layer of somethingpeel, pare, skin - strip the skin off; "pare apples"exfoliate - remove the surface, in scales or laminae | | 2. | peel off - take off, as with some difficulty; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt"take off - remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here" | | 3. | peel off - leave a formationair travel, aviation, air - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer, curve, cut - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" | | 4. | peel off - come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"flake off, peel, flakechip, chip off, break away, break off, come off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" | | 5. | peel off - peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates"desquamateexuviate, molt, moult, slough, shed - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring" |
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peel off
peel off1. To remove the outermost layer of something, such as skin, paint, rind, etc., typically with one's fingers. Tommy! Stop peeling the bark off those trees this instant! That scrape is never going to heal if you keep peeling off the scab!2. To remove a covering, layer, or thin piece from something. He peeled off the sweat-stained clothes and jumped in the shower. Let me peel off a sticky note for you so you can jot down the number.3. To deviate or depart from a group's course or direction of movement. When he saw his parents approaching, Tom peeled off from his friends and ducked down a side alley. Why is that one plane peeling off from the rest?4. Of a car, to accelerate to a very high speed after being stationary. After ramming into my rear bumper, the other car just peeled off and sped away out of view.See also: off, peelpeel something off (of) (something) and peel something off from somethingto remove the outside surface layer from something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) She carefully peeled the skin off the apple. She peeled off the apple's skin.See also: off, peelpeel off (of) (something)[for a surface layer] to come loose and fall away from something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) The paint is beginning to peel off the garage. The paint is peeling off.See also: off, peelpeel off(from something) [for one or more airplanes] to separate from a group of airplanes. The lead plane peeled off from the others, and soon the rest followed. The lead plane peeled off and dived into the clouds.See also: off, peelpeel off1. Remove an outer layer of skin, bark, paint, or the like; also, come off in thin strips or pieces. For example, Peeling off birch bark can kill the tree, or Paint was peeling off the walls. [Late 1500s] 2. Remove or separate, as in Helen peeled off her gloves and got to work, or Al peeled off a ten-dollar bill and gave it to the driver. [First half of 1900s] 3. Also, peel away. Depart from a group, as in Ruth peeled off from the pack of runners and went down a back road. This expression originated in air force jargon during World War II and was used for an airplane or pilot that left flight formation, a sight that suggested the peeling of skin from a banana. See also: off, peelpeel offv.1. To strip some outer layer, surface, or covering away from something in thin strips or pieces: I peeled off the wrapping from my new CD case and took out the CD. You have to peel the skin off before you eat a banana.2. To come off from a surface in thin strips or pieces: My skin peeled off after I got a sunburn. The labels peeled off from the file folders.3. To take off clothes, especially when they fit tightly: It was so hot, we peeled off our jackets. Eventually, the campers peeled their shoes and socks off as they sat on the beach.4. To leave a flight formation in order to land or make a dive. Used of an aircraft: The plane peeled off from the rest of the formation and did a trick.5. To leave a group and move in a different direction: The members who voted against me peeled off and formed their own school.See also: off, peelpeel off
peel off A maneuver performed in formation, in which aircraft successively roll away from a straight and level flight, a dive, or a climb. This maneuver can be used to enter the landing pattern, and even to get into a different formation.MedicalSeepeelpeel off
Synonyms for peel offverb peel off the outer layer of somethingRelated Wordsverb take off, as with some difficultyRelated Wordsverb leave a formationRelated Words- air travel
- aviation
- air
- sheer
- slew
- slue
- swerve
- trend
- veer
- curve
- cut
verb come off in flakes or thin small piecesSynonymsRelated Words- chip
- chip off
- break away
- break off
- come off
verb peel off in scalesSynonymsRelated Words- exuviate
- molt
- moult
- slough
- shed
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