| shingle | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. shake, shingle | building material used as siding or roofing. |
| ~ building material | material used for constructing buildings. |
| n. (substance) | 2. shingle | coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel). |
| ~ crushed rock, gravel | rock fragments and pebbles. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. shingle | a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.. |
| ~ signboard, sign | structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted.; "the highway was lined with signboards" |
| v. (contact) | 4. shingle | cover with shingles.; "shingle a roof" |
| ~ roof | provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof. |
| decorticate | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. decorticate | remove the outer layer of.; "decorticate a tree branch" |
| ~ strip | remove the surface from.; "strip wood" |
| v. (change) | 2. decorticate | remove the cortex of (an organ). |
| ~ surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body.; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| peel off | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. peel off | peel off the outer layer of something. |
| ~ peel, pare, skin | strip the skin off.; "pare apples" |
| ~ exfoliate | remove the surface, in scales or laminae. |
| v. (body) | 2. peel off | take off, as with some difficulty.; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt" |
| ~ take off | remove clothes.; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here" |
| v. (motion) | 3. peel off | leave a formation. |
| ~ air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft.; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" |
| ~ curve, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer, cut | turn sharply; change direction abruptly.; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" |
| v. (contact) | 4. flake, flake off, peel, peel off | come off in flakes or thin small pieces.; "The paint in my house is peeling off" |
| ~ chip, chip off, break away, break off, come off | break off (a piece from a whole).; "Her tooth chipped" |
| v. (body) | 5. desquamate, peel off | peel off in scales.; "dry skin desquamates" |
| ~ exuviate, molt, moult, slough, shed | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.; "our dog sheds every Spring" |
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