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Definition: Desquamate |
DesquamateVerb1. Peel off in scales; of skin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Desquamate \Des"qua*mate\, intransitive verb. [Latin expression desquamatus, past participle of desquamare to scale off; de- squama scale.]. (references) |
Synonym: DesquamateSynonym: peel off (v). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "desquamate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rripem. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | лющя се (decorticate, flake off, peel, scale, shell off), лющя (decorticate, exfoliate, husk, peel, shell). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bõr hámlik. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | esquamateday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | descamar (flake off, peel), esfolar (bark, excoriate, flay, fleece, flench, flense, flinch, fret, gall, graze, milk, rase, raw, raze, scale, scalp, skin, strip). (various references) | |
Romanian | descuama (exfoliate), se descuama. (various references) | |
Russian | шелушиться (flake off, shell off). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | deskvamirati. (various references) | |
Spanish | descamarse (scale). (various references) | |
Swedish | fjälla sig. (various references) | |
Turkish | pulları dökülmek, pul pul olmak (laminate, scale, scale off, Slough). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | облуплюватися, лущитися (shell, slough off), лущити (husk, pod, scale, shell, shuck, spelt). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "desquamate": desquamated, desquamates. (additional references) | |
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"Desquamate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: desquamative. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-m-q-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: adequate, squamate. | |
-3 letters: edemata, equated, equates, medusae, quested, sauteed, squamae, steamed. | |
-4 letters: adeems, amused, datums, demast, edemas, equate, etudes, masque, masted, meated, meatus, medusa, musted, mustee, mutase, sauted, seamed, seated, sedate, squama, teamed, teased. | |
-5 letters: adeem, adust, aedes, amuse, aquae, aquas, atmas, dames, dates, datum, dauts, deems, deets, demes, duets, dumas, eased, edema, emeus. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-e-m-q-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: desquamated, desquamates. | |
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