exfoliate
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ɛks
eks
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fow
liate
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lieit
/ɛksfˈə‍ʊlÉĒˌe‍ÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "exfoliate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ–ā§‹āϏāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ āĻāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to shed materials in small pieces, layers, or scales
Intransitive
to exfoliate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Certain paint finishes may exfoliate, leading to the need for repainting.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĒ⧇āχāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĢāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻļ āĻ–ā§‹āϏāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āχāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻĢā§‹āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ• āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ

to remove dead or dry skin cells from the surface of the skin, usually by using a scrub or exfoliating product
Transitive: to exfoliate the skin
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He exfoliates his face twice a week to keep his skin smooth and free from breakouts.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ• āĻŽāϏ⧃āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϰ⧇āĻ•āφāωāϟ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻĻ⧁āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻĢā§‹āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to unfold or expand in a manner similar to the opening of leaves
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the fern grows, its fronds exfoliate gracefully, forming a lush canopy in the forest.
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϘāύ āϚāĻžāρāĻĻā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to remove thin layers of material from a surface
Transitive: to exfoliate layers of material
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
High winds can exfoliate the paint on wooden surfaces, exposing the bare wood underneath.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤāϞ⧇āϰ āϰāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž

to facilitate the unfolding or spreading out of something, resembling the process of leaves unfurling
Transitive: to exfoliate a sheet
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The art teacher showed the students how to exfoliate the paper by dampening it before painting.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āχāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāϜāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻĢā§‹āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ–ā§‹āϏāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

(of rocks or minerals) to peel or flake off thin layers as a result of exposure to weathering or heating processes
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sandstone cliffs exfoliated in the desert heat, leaving behind sheer faces with exposed layers.
āĻŦāĻžāϞ⧁āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŽāϰ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϰ āϤāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āϏāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ–āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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