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Exfoliate

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Verb

1. exfoliate

spread by opening the leaves of

2. exfoliate

cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters

3. exfoliate

remove the surface, in scales or laminae

4. exfoliate

come off in a very thin piece

5. exfoliate

grow by producing or unfolding leaves

Example Sentences:
'plants exfoliate'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Exfoliate

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verb
1. (transitive)
to wash (a part of the body) with a granular cosmetic preparation in order to remove dead cells from the skin's surface
2. 
(of bark, skin, etc) to peel off in (layers, flakes, or scales)
3. (intransitive)
(of rocks or minerals) to shed the thin outermost layer because of weathering or heating
4. 
(of some minerals, esp mica) to split or cause to split into thin flakes
a factory to exfoliate vermiculite

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Exfoliate

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: exˈfoliˌated or exˈfoliˌating
to cast or come off in flakes, scales, or layers, as skin, bark, rock, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Exfoliate

see synonyms of exfoliate
v. ex·fo·li·at·ed, ex·fo·li·at·ing, ex·fo·li·ates
v.tr.
1. To remove (a layer of bark or skin, for example) in flakes or scales; peel.
2. To cast off in scales, flakes, or splinters.
v.intr.
To come off or separate into flakes, scales, or layers.

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