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