[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to throw off in scales, splinters, etc.", "to remove the surface of (a bone, the skin, etc.) in scales or laminae."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to throw off scales or flakes; peel off in thin fragments:The bark of some trees exfoliates.", "Geology.to split or swell into a scaly aggregate, as certain minerals when heated.to separate into rudely concentric layers or sheets, as certain rocks during weathering.", "to split or swell into a scaly aggregate, as certain minerals when heated.", "to separate into rudely concentric layers or sheets, as certain rocks during weathering.", "Medicine/Medical.to separate and come off in scales, as scaling skin or any structure separating in flakes."]}]