Exfoliate
21exfoliate — v scale, peel, flake, flake off, shell, fall off, Pathol. desquamate; shed, cast off, molt, mew; depilate, decorticate, pare, husk, skin; splinter, shiver, slice …
22exfoliate — ex·fo·li·ate …
23exfoliate — ex•fo•li•ate [[t]ɛksˈfoʊ liˌeɪt[/t]] v. at•ed, at•ing 1) to throw off in scales, splinters, etc 2) srg to remove the surface of (a bone, the skin, etc.) in scales or laminae 3) to peel off in thin fragments 4) gel a) to split or swell into a… …
24exfoliate — [c]/ɛksˈfoʊlieɪt / (say eks fohleeayt) verb (exfoliated, exfoliating) –verb (t) 1. to throw off in scales. 2. to remove dirt, dead skin, etc., from the surface of (human skin). –verb (i) 3. to throw off scales or flakes; peel off in thin… …
25exfoliate — v.i. flake or peel off; develop or unfold like leaves. ♦ exfoliation, n. ♦ exfoliative, a …
26exfoliate — v.intr. 1 (of bone, the skin, a mineral, etc.) come off in scales or layers. 2 (of a tree) throw off layers of bark. Derivatives: exfoliation n. exfoliative adj. Etymology: LL exfoliare exfoliat (as EX (1), folium leaf) …
27Exfoliated — Exfoliate Ex*fo li*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exfoliated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exfoliating}.] [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.] 1. To separate and come off in scales or lamin[ae], as pieces of carious bone or of bark.… …
28Exfoliating — Exfoliate Ex*fo li*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exfoliated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exfoliating}.] [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.] 1. To separate and come off in scales or lamin[ae], as pieces of carious bone or of bark.… …
29scale off — Exfoliate, shell off, peel off, fall off in scales …
30exfoliation — exfoliate ► 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. ORIGIN Latin exfoliare strip of… …
