Exfoliate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To remove (a layer of bark or skin, for example) in flakes or scales; peel.
  • v. To cast off in scales, flakes, or splinters.
  • verb-intransitive. To come off or separate into flakes, scales, or layers.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To remove the leaves from a plant.
  • v. To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To separate and come off in scales or laminæ, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.
  • verb-intransitive. To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.
  • v. To remove scales, laminæ, or splinters from the surface of.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To throw off scales or flakes; peel off in thin fragments; desquamate: as, the exfoliating bark of a tree.
  • Specifically In surgery, to separate and come off in scales, as carious bone.
  • In mineralogy, to split into scales; especially, to become scaly at the surface in consequence of heat or decomposition: as, vermiculite exfoliates before the blowpipe.
  • To scale; free from scales or splinters.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. grow by producing or unfolding leaves
  • v. cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters
  • v. come off in a very thin piece
  • v. spread by opening the leaves of
  • v. remove the surface, in scales or laminae
    • Verb Form
    exfoliated    exfoliates    exfoliating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    grow    throwaway    shed    shake off    throw   
    Form
    exfoliated    exfoliating    foliate    exfoliation    exfoliant   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scale    shed   
     
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