peel off English

Meaning peel off meaning

What does peel off mean?

peel off

— verb take off, as with some difficulty He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt

— verb peel off the outer layer of something

— verb (= peel, flake) come off in flakes or thin small pieces The paint in my house is peeling off

— verb leave a formation

— verb (= desquamate) peel off in scales dry skin desquamates

Synonyms peel off synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as peel off?

peel off English » English

come off

tear off

flake off

peel

strip off

skin

rip off

flay

unstick

take off

strip

flake

crack

scratch

remove

peel away

disrobe

split

shell

scrape off

remove bark

moult

exfoliate

disconnect

detach

desquamate

deprive of

blow off

be taken off

veer off

turn

tear

taken off

split off

skim off

skim

shuck

shave

separate

scratched

scale off

scale

rive

rip

rend

pull out

pull off

pry

prise off

pod

Topics peel off topics

What do people use peel off to talk about?

Physical actions Arrange Join, attach

Remove, take apart

• What words refer to removing a part from the surface of something?
  take off remove wipe off peel off scrape off scratch off rub off
• What words refer to things coming apart?
  come apart come free come loose come off come undone come unglued come unhooked come unstuck break up disintegrate fall apart fall off fall to pieces peel off pop off separate unravel unroll work free work loose