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exfoliate
| exfoliation
| exfoliative
| exhalable
| exhalant
| exhalation
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exfoliate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb exfoliate has 5 senses
- exfoliate(v = verb.contact) Array - spread by opening the leaves of; Array is one way to open, spread, spread out, unfold
- exfoliate(v = verb.contact) Array - cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters; Array is one way to cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off
- exfoliate(v = verb.contact) Array - remove the surface, in scales or laminae; Array is one way to peel off
- exfoliate(v = verb.contact) Array - come off in a very thin piece; Array is one way to break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off
- exfoliate(v = verb.change) Array - grow by producing or unfolding leaves; "plants exfoliate" is one way to grow
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun exfoliation2, noun exfoliation1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun exfoliation2, noun exfoliation1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun exfoliation2, noun exfoliation1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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CIDE DICTIONARY
exfoliate, v. i. [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.].
- To separate and come off in scales or laminæ, as pieces of carious bone or of bark. [1913 Webster]
- To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition. [1913 Webster]
exfoliate, v. t.
To remove scales, laminæ, or splinters from the surface of. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
exfoliate, 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.
1 (of bone, the skin, a mineral, etc.) come off in scales or layers.
2 (of a tree) throw off layers of bark.
Derivative
exfoliation n. exfoliative adj.
Etymology
LL exfoliare exfoliat- (as EX-(1), folium leaf)
THESAURUS
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, stratifyROGET THESAURUS
exfoliate
Divestment
VB divest, uncover &c (cover), denude, bare, strip, disfurnish, undress, disrobe &c (dress, enrobe), uncoif, dismantle, put off, take off, cast off, doff, peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay, expose, lay open, exfoliate, molt, mew, cast the skin.
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