exfoliate

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɛksˈfoʊlieɪt/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ɛksˈfəʊlieɪt/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧fo‧li‧ate

Verb

Plain form exfoliate

Third-person singular exfoliates

Past tense exfoliated

Past participle exfoliated

Present participle exfoliating

1. If you exfoliate a plant, you remove its leaves.
2. If you exfoliate your skin, you wash or rub your skin to remove dead skin cells.