All exfoliate synonyms

verb exfoliate

• peel — to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange.
• desquamate — (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales
• doff — to remove or take off, as clothing.
• shed — Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
• flake off — become detached in thin pieces