Exfoliate
11exfoliate — 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… …
12exfoliate — verb a) To remove the leaves from a plant. b) To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation …
13Exfoliate — 1) To peal off scaly skin spontaneously. The skin exfoliates from the palms and soles in Kawasaki s disease and Reiter s syndrome. 2) To deliberately wear away the top layer of skin, as many be done gently by a facial technologist who is applying …
14exfoliate — Synonyms and related words: arrange in layers, breach, break, burst, bust, check, chip, crack, delaminate, desquamate, fissure, flake, flake off, fracture, laminate, lay down, lay up, layer, peel, rupture, scale, scale off, snap, split, stratify …
15exfoliate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scale, flake, peel; see shed . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. flake off, scale off, peel …
16exfoliate — ex|fo|li|ate [eksˈfəulieıt US ˈfou ] v [I and T] to remove dead cells from your skin in order to make it smoother >exfoliation [eksˌfəuliˈeıʃən US ˌfou ] n [U] …
17exfoliate — ex|fo|li|ate [ eks foulieıt ] verb intransitive or transitive to wash or rub your face or body in order to remove dead skin cells …
18exfoliate — ex·fo·li·ate || eks fəʊlɪeɪt v. remove in layers, peel off in thin sections; shed in layers; flake off (such as dead skin) …
19exfoliate — [ɪks fəʊlɪeɪt, ɛks ] verb 1》 shed or be shed from a surface in scales or layers. 2》 wash or rub (the skin) with a granular substance to remove dead cells. Derivatives exfoliation noun exfoliative adjective exfoliator noun …
20exfoliate — v. n. Scale off, shell off, peel off, fall off in scales …
