crocodiled
SayKROK-uh-dyldUS/ˈkɹɑkədaɪld/UK/ˈkɹɒkədaɪld/
- 1Simple past and past participle of crocodile. Use this form for cracking that already happened.
The paint on the old shed crocodiled after years in the sun.
The varnish had crocodiled, so we sanded it down and started over.
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- 2Used for paint or a coating that has cracked into many small connected pieces.
Like the dry mud at the bottom of a pond that has cracked into small pieces.
The crocodiled paint on the porch flaked away in my hand.
After the heat wave, the door's finish looked crocodiled and rough.
Similarcrazed, cracked, alligatored, crackled
Oppositesmooth
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crocodiled is a form of crocodile
crocodile, verb: To speak some other language instead of Esperanto at an Esperanto event. Full entry
- Forms
- crocodilecrocodiles he/she/itcrocodiling -ing formcrocodiled past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- crocodile → crocodiled: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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Origin
From the word "crocodile" plus "-ed," because it looks like crocodile scales.