Definition of "caking" [caking]

• Present participle of cake. (verb)

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• "I could see his eyes searching my face for recognition, as he tried to blink away the dried blood caking his eyes: a reminder of the pistol whipping I'd given him outside the Sobeys on Queen St. just before I folded him into the back of my car."
• "Tiny slivers of soap prevent dirt from caking under your nails and wash out cleanly."
• "Fathers who obliged offspring or perhaps merely themselves by donning capes or caking their faces in full Joker make-up were rewarded with a two-hour extravaganza carefully crafted to delight small boys and raise frequent smiles and cheers from the grown-ups."