Found 2 items, similar to Exfoliate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: exfoliate exfoliate v 1: spread by opening the leaves of 2: cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters 3: remove the surface, in scales or laminae 4: come off in a very thin piece 5: grow by producing or unfolding leaves; “plants exfoliate”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Exfoliate 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] Exfoliate \Ex*fo"li*ate\ v. t. To remove scales, lamin[ae], or splinters from the surface of. [1913 Webster]