Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb desquamate

1 sense of desquamate

Sense 1
desquamate, peel off -- (peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates")
       => shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough -- (cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring")