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flaked off

flaked off is the simple past and past participle of flake off.

Meaning of flake off

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.

Questions about flaked off

What is flaked off the simple past and past participle of?
Flaked off is the simple past and past participle of flake off.

Words near flaked off in the dictionary

  1. flakeable
  2. flakeboard
  3. flakeboards
  4. flaked
  5. flaked down
  6. flaked off
  7. flaked out
  8. Flakegate
  9. flakeless
  10. flakelet
  11. flakelets

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