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ex·fo·li·ate
 exfoliate
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- pronunciation:
- ihks
fo
li
eIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
exfoliates, exfoliating, exfoliated |
| definition: |
to cast off (skin, bark, rock or the like) in scales, layers, or flakes.
- similar words:
- scale, shed
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| related words: |
scale, skin |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to come off in layers or flakes.
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adverb + (v.)exfoliate
gently, regularly, twice
(v.)exfoliate
+ noun
acid, area, body, cell, complexion, face, gel, glow, hair, lip, pore, powder, radiance, scrub, skin, sugar, vitamin, week
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| derivation: |
exfoliative (adj.) |
The word exfoliate
contains the following parts:
foli, foil
Latin
root
that means leaf, page
  Example words:
cinquefoil, defoliant, exfoliate, foil, foliaceous, foliage, foliation, folic acid, folio, portfolio, quatrefoil, trefoil
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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