Flaking definition

Breaking or tending to break into flakes.

All the flaking paint had to be scraped off before repainting; fortunately, it came off easily.

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Present participle of flake.
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A piece of flaked material.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
flaking
Plural:
flakings

Flaking Sentence Examples

  • Flaking and scaling set in; hard crusts of mildew formed, dissolved and re-formed with changes of weather over both the loosened parts and those that remained firm.

  • All unstable (flaking or peeling) paint surfaces, especially water-soluble distempers, must be removed or washed off before applying Emulsion.

  • The paint on my asbestos soffit boards is flaking badly.

  • The finest pottery, often painted but all hand-made without the wheel, belongs to the prehistoric period; so also do the finest flint implements, which, in the delicacy and exactitude of their form and flaking, surpass all that is known from other countries.

  • The piece was triangular, of pale gray chert, with fine pressure flaking, and evidence for retouch on the straight edge.

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