"peel off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: peels off [present, singular, third-person], peeling off [participle, present], peeled off [participle, past], peeled off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} peel off (third-person singular simple present peels off, present participle peeling off, simple past and past participle peeled off)
  1. (intransitive) To separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession. Tags: intransitive Translations (to separate): halkeilla (Finnish), lohkeilla (Finnish), s’écailler (French), abblättern (German)
    Sense id: en-peel_off-en-verb-JDfNKiHE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 81 19 Disambiguation of 'to separate': 88 12
  2. (transitive) To remove (an outer layer or covering, such as clothing). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-peel_off-en-verb-X3o2Gr9i

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for peel off meaning in English (1.9kB)

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