English-Thai Dictionary
exfoliate
VI ขัด ผิว (เพื่อให้ ผิว ที่ ตาย แล้ว หลุด ออก scrub kad-pil
exfoliate
VI ลอก ออก หลุด ออก เป็น แผ่น ตกสะเก็ด delaminate desquamate lak-ook
exfoliate
VT ขัด ผิว (เพื่อให้ ผิว ที่ ตาย แล้ว หลุด ออก scrub kad-pil
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
EXFOLIATE
v.i.[L. exfolio; ex and folium, a leaf. ] In surgery and mineralogy, to separate and come off in scales, as pieces of carious bone; to scale off, as the lamins of a mineral.
EXFOLIATED
pp. Separated in thin scales, as a carious bone.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
EXFOLIATE
Ex *fo "li *ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exfoliated; p. pr. & vb. n.Exfoliating. ] Etym: [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf. ]
1. To separate and come off in scales or laminæ, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.
2. (Min. )
Defn: To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.
EXFOLIATE
EXFOLIATE Ex *fo "li *ate v. t.
Defn: To remove scales, laminæ, or splinters from the surface of.
New American Oxford Dictionary
exfoliate
ex fo li ate |eksˈfōlēˌāt eksˈfoʊlieɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a material ) come apart or be shed from a surface in scales or layers: the bark exfoliates in papery flakes. • [ with obj. ] cause to do this: salt solutions exfoliate rocks on evaporating. • [ with obj. ] wash or rub (a part of the body ) with a granular substance to remove dead cells from the surface of the skin: exfoliate your legs to get rid of dead skin. • [ with obj. ] shed (material ) in scales or layers. DERIVATIVES ex fo li a tion |eksˌfōlēˈāSHən |noun, ex fo li a tive |-ˌātiv |adjective, ex fo li a tor |-ˌātər |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from late Latin exfoliat- ‘stripped of leaves, ’ from the verb exfoliare, from ex- ‘out, from ’ + folium ‘leaf. ’
Oxford Dictionary
exfoliate
exfoliate |ɪksˈfəʊlɪeɪt, ɛks- | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a material ) be shed from a surface in scales or layers: the bark exfoliates in papery flakes. • [ with obj. ] cause (a surface ) to shed material in scales or layers: salt solutions exfoliate rocks on evaporating. • [ with obj. ] wash or rub (a part of the body ) with a granular substance to remove dead skin cells: exfoliate your legs to get rid of dead skin. • [ with obj. ] shed (material ) in scales or layers: diagnosing cancer from cells exfoliated into the intestine. DERIVATIVES exfoliation |-ˈeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, exfoliative |-lɪətɪv |adjective, exfoliator noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from late Latin exfoliat- ‘stripped of leaves ’, from the verb exfoliare, from ex- ‘out, from ’ + folium ‘leaf ’.
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