Exfoliate

[eks'fәulieit]

(verb.) grow by producing or unfolding leaves; 'plants exfoliate'.

(verb.) come off in a very thin piece.

(verb.) remove the surface, in scales or laminae.

(verb.) cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters.

(verb.) spread by opening the leaves of.

Inputed by Josiah--From WordNet

(v. i.) To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.

(v. i.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.

(v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of.

Checker: Osbert

v. n. Scale off, shell off, peel off, fall off in scales.

Edited by Gertrude

v.i. and v.t. to come off or send off in scales.—n. Exfoliā′tion.—adj. Exfō′liative.

Checked by Adelaide