Definition of "exfoliate" [ex•fo•li•ate]

To remove (a layer of bark or skin, for example) in flakes or scales; peel. (verb-transitive)
To cast off in scales, flakes, or splinters. (verb-transitive)
To come off or separate into flakes, scales, or layers. (verb-intransitive)

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Use "exfoliate" in a sentence

"Maybe I'll take some high-grade sandpaper into the shower and "exfoliate" until most of my skin falls off."
"( "exfoliate," I should say, mineralogically) always into something else, -- though that's my fault more than yours; but I must go straight on now."
"But I was getting good at sleeping in and rubbing sand onto my shins to exfoliate what was dead, and that counted for something."

Words like "exfoliate"

break off breakaway cast cast-off

chip come off drop exfoliated

exfoliates exfoliating grow shake off

shed throw throw-off throwaway