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pilling

verb

Meaning

  1. Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
  2. To form into the shape of a pill.
  3. To medicate with pills.
  4. To persuade or convince someone of something.
  5. To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
  6. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
  7. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
  8. To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
  9. Balls of fibre formed on clothing through usage, often called pill or pills.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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