1. Peel off the outer layer of something 
2. Take off, as with some difficulty
   "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt" 
3. Leave a formation 
4. Come off in flakes or thin small pieces
   "The paint in my house is peeling off"
   - peel, flake off, flake 
5. Peel off in scales
   - desquamate

Derived forms: peeling off, peeled off, peels off

Type of: break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off, curve, cut, exuviate, molt [N. Amer], moult [Brit, Cdn], pare, peel, shed, sheer, skin, slew, slough, slue, swerve, take off, trend, veer

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