Meaning of EXFOLIATE
| Pronunciation: | | eks'fowlee`eyt
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- [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
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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- Peeling off in thin layers, shreds, or plates, as the bark of some trees.
- To shed cells from the skin or from mucous membranes.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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