Definition of exfoliate Exfoliate
/ɛksfowˈliejt/ - [eksfowleeeyt] - ex•fo•li•ate
We found 13 definitions of exfoliate from 5 different sources.
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What does exfoliate mean?
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| exfoliate - remove the surface, in scales or laminae | ||
| peel off take off, as with some difficulty; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt" | ||
| exfoliate - come off in a very thin piece | ||
| chip off, come off, break away, break off, chip break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" | ||
| exfoliate - cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters | ||
| cast off, shake off, throw away, throw off, shed, cast, throw, drop make the last row of stitches when knitting | ||
| exfoliate - grow by producing or unfolding leaves; "plants exfoliate" | ||
| grow come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" | ||
| exfoliate - spread by opening the leaves of | ||
| unfold, spread out, spread, open spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- exfoliate (v. i.)
To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark. - exfoliate (v. i.)
To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition. - exfoliate (v. t.)
To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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exfoliate
eks-fō′li-āt, v.i. and v.t. to come off, or send off, in scales.—n. Exfoliā′tion.—adj. Exfō′liative. [L. exfoliāre, -ātum—ex, off, folium, a leaf.]
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🔤- exfoliate, verb, present, 1st person singular of exfoliate (infinitive).
- exfoliate, verb (infinitive).
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