| VERB | contact | peel off | peel off the outer layer of something |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | peel off | take off, as with some difficulty | |
| motion | peel off | leave a formation | |
| contact | peel off, peel, flake off, flake | come off in flakes or thin small pieces | |
| body | peel off, desquamate | peel off in scales |
| Meaning | peel off the outer layer of something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Narrower | exfoliate | Remove the surface, in scales or laminae |
| Broader | skin, peel, pare | strip the skin off |
| Meaning | Take off, as with some difficulty. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | take off | Remove clothes |
| Meaning | Leave a formation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Category | air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft |
| Broader | swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut | Turn sharply |
| Meaning | come off in flakes or thin small pieces. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | peel, flake off, flake | |
| Broader | chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off | break off (a piece from a whole) |
| Spanish | desconcharse | |
| Meaning | peel off in scales. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | desquamate | |
| Broader | shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers |
| Spanish | descamarse, descamar, pelarse | |
| Catalan | descamar-se | |
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