caking
present participle ofcake
cake
verb[Tusually passive]
uk/keɪk/us/keɪk/tocoversomething or someonethicklywith asubstancethat thendriesout:
The men were cakedinlayersoffilthandgrime.
bootscakedwithmud
Synonym
coat
Covering and adding layers
- additive
- asphalt
- bestrew
- bind
- blanket
- blindfold
- gilt
- gum
- gumsomethingup
- inlaid
- lag
- laminate
- layer
- retile
- retread
- seasoned
- slapsomethingon
- smothersomethingin/withsomething
- tent
- wax
Examplesofcaking
caking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Very small quantities are added to road salt to preventcaking.
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Fragile matter is also not to be confused with cases in which the particles have adhered to one another (caking).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The prills or granules may be further dried, cooled, and then coated to preventcaking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The coal is desirable for its low ash and sulfur content and for its resistance tocaking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By the output of the volatile substances and thecakingability rich coals prevail.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An anticaking agent in salt is denoted in the ingredients, for example, as anti-cakingagent (554), which is sodium aluminosilicate, a man-made product.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Serous endometrial carcinoma is aggressive and often invades the myometrium and metastasizes within the peritoneum (seen as omentalcaking) or the lymphatic system.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By the output of the volatile substances and thecakingability long-flame coals prevail.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By the output of the volatile substances and thecakingability the coal is hard (non-bituminous).
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- cataclysmic event
- catacomb
- catafalque
- Catalan
- catalepsy
- cataleptic
- catalog
- catalogue
- catalogued
- catalogue price
- catalogue-price
- cataloguing
- Catalonia
- catalyse
- catalysis
- catalyst
- catalytic
- catalytic activity
- catalytic converter
- catalytic-converter
- catalytic domain
- catalytic mechanism
- catalytic reduction
- catalytic role
- catalyze