(~s, flaking, ~d)
1.
A ~ is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off a larger piece.
Large ~s of snow began swiftly to fall.
...oat ~s.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n, n N
2.
If something such as paint ~s, small thin pieces of it come off.
They can see how its colours have faded and where paint has ~d.
VERB: V
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Flake off means the same as ~ .
The surface corrosion was worst where the paint had ~d off.
PHRASAL VERB: V P