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Webster 1913 Edition
Exfoliate
Ex-fo′li-ate
,Verb.
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 laminæ, 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
Verb.
T.
To remove scales, laminæ, or splinters from the surface of.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exfoliate
EXFO'LIATE
,Verb.
I.
In surgery and mineralogy, to separate and come off in scales, as pieces of carious bone; to scale off, as the lamins of a mineral.
Definition 2024
exfoliate
exfoliate
English
Verb
exfoliate (third-person singular simple present exfoliates, present participle exfoliating, simple past and past participle exfoliated)
- To remove the leaves from a plant.
- To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
- (mineralogy) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation