exfoliate
About 0.04 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To remove the leaves from a plant.
- verb To remove a layer of dead skin cells, as in cosmetic preparation.
- verb To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.
Similar words
unleave defoliate disleaf unleaf peel off peel disleave thin leaf exsheath
Often followed by
the and in your into from skin dead as
Word family
exfoliated exfoliates exfoliating exfoliation exfoliations exfoliative
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