To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.
Having had the cortex removed
To become separate through peeling.
To burn out while accelerating and rapidly depart; to peel off, peel out.
To take away from something else.
To separate off from the main body; to move off to one side (as in troop movements on a parade ground or in an organized retreat, or columns in a procession).