Associations to the word «Exfoliate»

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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin