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flake off

flake off verb: to (cause to) come off in flakes.

Verb

flake off (third-person singular simple present flakes off, present participle flaking off, simple past and past participle flaked off)

  1. (ambitransitive) To (cause to) come off in flakes.
    • The apartment felt damp, and the paint on the walls was beginning to flake off.

Forms of flake off

third-person singular presentflakes off
present participleflaking off
past participleflaked off
pastflaked off

Questions about flake off

What does flake off mean?
Flake off means to (cause to) come off in flakes.
What part of speech is flake off?
Flake off is a verb.
What is the past tense of flake off?
The past tense of flake off is flaked off.

Words near flake off in the dictionary

  1. flak-catchers
  2. flakable
  3. flakage
  4. flake
  5. flake down
  6. flake off
  7. flake out
  8. flake salt
  9. flake white
  10. flakeable
  11. flakeboard

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