exfoliate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
spread by opening the leaves of
Types & categories
- spread hypernym
Sense 2 verb
cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters
Types & categories
- shed hypernym
Related & opposite
- scurf derivation
- exfoliation derivation
Sense 3 verb
remove the surface, in scales or laminae
Types & categories
- peel off hypernym
Related & opposite
- scurf derivation
- exfoliation derivation
Sense 4 verb
come off in a very thin piece
Types & categories
- chip hypernym
Related & opposite
- scurf derivation
- exfoliation derivation
Sense 5 verb
grow by producing or unfolding leaves
plants exfoliate
Types & categories
- grow hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | spread |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scurf |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exfoliation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shed |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scurf |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | exfoliation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | peel off |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scurf |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | exfoliation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | chip |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |