peel off in flakes

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• peel off — verb 1. peel off the outer layer of something (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑skin, ↑peel, ↑pare • Hyponyms: ↑exfoliate • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …   Useful english dictionary

• peel off — v. remove the outer layer of something; remove, take off (as of clothing); come off in small pieces; fall off in flakes (of skin); depart; break off from a group of airplanes flying in formation …   English contemporary dictionary

• peel — peel1 [pēl] vt. [ME pilien, peolien < OE * pilian < L pilare, to make bald < pilus, hair: see PILE2] to cut away or strip off (the rind, skin, covering, surface, etc.) of (anything); pare vi. 1. to shed skin, bark, etc. 2. to come off in …   English World dictionary

• peel — peel1 peelable, adj. /peel/, v.t. 1. to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange. 2. to strip (the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.) from something: to peel paint from a car …   Universalium

• flakes — fleɪk n. small piece, fragment, chip; stratum; strange person (Slang); cocaine (Slang); frame for drying fish v. peel; chip; come off in small pieces; form into flakes; cover with flakes …   English contemporary dictionary

• flake off — verb come off in flakes or thin small pieces The paint in my house is peeling off • Syn: ↑peel off, ↑peel, ↑flake • Derivationally related forms: ↑flake (for: ↑flake), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• flake — flake1 [flāk] n. [ME < Scand, as in Norw flak, ice floe, ON flakna, to flake off < IE * plāg, flat < base * plā > PLAIN1] 1. a small, thin mass [a flake of snow] 2. a thin piece or layer split off or peeled off from anything; chip ☆ 3 …   English World dictionary

• Pill — Pill, v. i. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• flake — flake1 flakeless, adj. flaker, n. /flayk/, n., v., flaked, flaking. n. 1. a small, flat, thin piece, esp. one that has been or become detached from a larger piece or mass: flakes of old paint. 2. any small piece or mass: a flake of snow. 3. a… …   Universalium

• flake — I. /fleɪk / (say flayk) noun 1. a small, flat, thin piece of anything. 2. a small, detached piece or mass: a flake of cloud. 3. a stratum or layer. 4. Colloquial a strange or bizarre person; an unconventional person. 5. Colloquial a person who… …  

• exfoliate — exfoliative /eks foh lee ay tiv, euh tiv/, adj. /eks foh lee ayt /, v., exfoliated, exfoliating. v.t. 1. to throw off in scales, splinters, etc. 2. to remove the surface of (a bone, the skin, etc.) in scales or laminae. v.i. 3. to throw off… …   Universalium