| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Being skinned or crusted.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being grating or rasping. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being galling.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb | 1. Of Exfoliate.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb exfoliate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (exfoliate) | 1. Spread by opening the leaves of.[Wordnet]. 2. Cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters.[Wordnet]. 3. Remove the surface, in scales or laminae.[Wordnet]. 4. Come off in a very thin piece.[Wordnet]. 5. Grow by producing or unfolding leaves; "plants exfoliate".[Wordnet]. 6. To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.[Websters]. 7. To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.[Websters]. 8. To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of.[Websters]. 9. Base verb from the following inflections: exfoliating, exfoliated, exfoliates, exfoliator, exfoliators, exfoliatingly and exfoliatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXFOLIATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXFOLIATED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Separated in thin scales, as a carious bone.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of exfoliate. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: EXFOLIATED
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Exfoliated laminate | Aerospace | Plies of the laminate stripped from the surface. (references) | |
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