Flaking

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The operation of making flints, as for gun-locks, by striking off flakes from a mass of flint. See the extract.
  • noun. The occurrence of streaks or spots of white, or lighter color, in organisms that are not usually white.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Breaking or tending to break into flakes.
  • verb. Present participle of flake.
  • Word Usage
    "All I remember about the series is some creepy skin flaking and peeling human form aliens."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aching  baking  braking  breaking  faking  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    verb-stem
    flake