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DESQUAMATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they desquamate ... he / she / it desquamates
Past simple: desquamated
Past participle: desquamated
-ing form: desquamating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Peel off in scales
Example:
dry skin desquamates
Synonyms:
desquamate; peel off
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "desquamate" is one way to...):
exuviate; molt; moult; shed; slough (cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
desquamation (loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales)
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