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DESQUAMATE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they desquamate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it desquamates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: desquamated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: desquamated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: desquamating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Peel off in scalesplay

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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