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flaking off

flaking off is the present participle and gerund 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 flaking off

What is flaking off the present participle and gerund of?
Flaking off is the present participle and gerund of flake off.

Words near flaking off in the dictionary

  1. flakily
  2. flakiness
  3. flakinesses
  4. flaking
  5. flaking down
  6. flaking off
  7. flaking out
  8. flakings
  9. flakka
  10. flaks
  11. flaky

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