Exfoliate
101peel — v 1. skin, pare, decorticate, excorticate, flay, scale, hull, bark; shell, husk, shuck; strip, denude, excoriate. 2.(of skin, bark, etc.) come off, detach, separate, split; exfoliate, Pathol. desquamate, shed, slough, molt, exuviate, flake.… …
102remove — v 1. take off, shed, cast off, throw off, drop, throw overboard, jettison; divest, strip, uncover, expose, lay open, bare; undress, unclothe, undrape, disrobe; disburden, disencumber; exfoliate, Pathol. desquamate, peel off, flake. 2. subtract,… …
103shed — I n lean to, shack, outhouse, shanty, hut, hutch, cote; hovel, sty, pen, stable, barn; booth, stall; garage, hangar; shelter, building, structure; annex, ad dition. II v 1. pour forth, surge out, stream out, let flow, spill; discharge, exude,… …
104shell — n 1. hard outer covering, hard case, Anat., Zool. theca, casing, coat, coating, incrustation, sheathing, sheath; envelope, wrapper, capsule, cloak, jacket; casement, housing, protection; carapace, shield, Zool. test, (pi.) exuviae; integument,… …
105skin — n 1. integument, epidermis, cuticle, scarf skin, Anat. corium, derma, cutis; hide, pelt, jacket, fleece, fell, fur, leather, vellum, shagreen; slough, Pathol. desquamation, exuviae. 2. rind, peel, Bot. epicarp, hull, bark, cortex, shell, husk;… …
106strip — I v 1. peel, pare, skin, excoriate, decorticate, excorticate, flay, scale, bark; hull, shell, husk, shuck; uncover, expose, lay open, bare, denude. 2. remove, take off, cast off, throw off, drip; shed, exfoliate, Pathol. desquamate, slough, molt …
107apophyllite — /əˈpɒfəlaɪt/ (say uh pofuhluyt) noun a mineral, a hydrous potassium and calcium fluorosilicate occurring in white crystals. {apo + Greek phyllon leaf + ite1; so named because of its tendency to exfoliate} …
108vermiculite — /vɜˈmɪkjəlaɪt/ (say ver mikyuhluyt) noun any of various micaceous minerals, usually formed by alteration of the common micas, occurring in yellow to brown foliated masses with inelastic laminae. They exfoliate and expand after heating and in the… …
109ἀπολεπιδοῦσθαι — ἀπολεπιδόομαι exfoliate pres inf mp …
110flake — [n] scale, peel cell, disk, drop, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, pellicle, plate, scab, section, shaving, sheet, skin, slice, sliver, wafer; concept 831 flake [v] peel off blister, chip, delaminate, desquamate, drop, exfoliate,… …
