Associations to the word «Exfoliate»
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Wiktionary
EXFOLIATE, verb. To remove the leaves from a plant.
EXFOLIATE, verb. To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
EXFOLIATE, verb. (mineralogy) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.
Dictionary definition
EXFOLIATE, verb. Spread by opening the leaves of.
EXFOLIATE, verb. Cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters.
EXFOLIATE, verb. Remove the surface, in scales or laminae.
EXFOLIATE, verb. Come off in a very thin piece.
EXFOLIATE, verb. Grow by producing or unfolding leaves; "plants exfoliate".
Wise words
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in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.