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flakes off

flakes off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 flakes off

What is flakes off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flakes off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flake off.

Words near flakes off in the dictionary

  1. flakeproof
  2. flaker
  3. flakers
  4. flakes
  5. flakes down
  6. flakes off
  7. flakes out
  8. flakey
  9. flakey pastries
  10. flakey pastry
  11. flakeyness

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