'Exfoliate' definitions:
Definition of 'exfoliate'
From: WordNet
verb
Spread by opening the leaves of
verb
Cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters
verb
Remove the surface, in scales or laminae
verb
Come off in a very thin piece
verb
Grow by producing or unfolding leaves; "plants exfoliate"
Definition of 'Exfoliate'
From: GCIDE
- Exfoliate \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Exfoliate'
From: GCIDE
- Exfoliate \Ex*fo"li*ate\ v. t. To remove scales, lamin[ae], or splinters from the surface of. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exfoliate'
From: Moby Thesaurus