'Exfoliating' definitions:
Definition of 'Exfoliating'
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]