Usually means: Remove dead cells from skin.
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  1. exfoliate: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. exfoliate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. exfoliate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. exfoliate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. exfoliate: Vocabulary.com
  6. Exfoliate, exfoliate: Wordnik
  7. exfoliate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. exfoliate: Wiktionary
  9. exfoliate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. exfoliate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. exfoliate: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. exfoliate: Dictionary.com
  13. exfoliate: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Exfoliate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Exfoliate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. exfoliate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. exfoliate: Rhymezone
  18. Exfoliate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. exfoliate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. exfoliate: Free Dictionary
  21. exfoliate: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  23. exfoliate: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. exfoliate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Exfoliate: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. exfoliate: Medical dictionary
  5. Exfoliate: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. exfoliate: Glossary of Common Tree Terms
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  1. exfoliate: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To remove the leaves from a plant.
verb:  To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
verb:  (mineralogy) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.

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