About The Word Exfoliate
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Exfoliate
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What's The Definition Of Exfoliate?
[v] grow by producing or unfolding leaves; of plants
[v] come off in a very thin piece [v] remove the surface, in scales or laminae [v] cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters [v] spread by opening the leaves of Synonyms | Synonyms for Exfoliate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Exfoliate: 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 See Also | break away | break off | cast | cast off | chip | chip off | come off | drop | grow | open | peel off | shake off | shed | spread | spread out | throw | throw away | throw off | unfold Exfoliate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become
converted into scales at the result of heat or
decomposition.
\Ex*fo"li*ate\ v. t. To remove scales, lamin[ae], or splinters from the surface of. |
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