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pilling

SayPIL-ing/ˈpɪlɪŋ/

2 meanings of pilling

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    Tiny balls of fiber that form on clothes after you wear and wash them a lot.

    Like tiny fuzz balls that pop up on an old blanket.

    This cheap sweater showed pilling after just two washes.

    I used a fabric shaver to remove the pilling on my jacket.

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of pill. Use this form when the fabric is forming little fiber balls right now.

    This sweater is already pilling after one wash.

    My new gloves are pilling at the fingertips.

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pilling is a form of pill

pill, verb: To form small balls of fuzz on the surface, as cloth does with wear. Full entry

Forms
pillpills he/she/itpilling -ing formpilled past tense, past participle
Spelling
pill → pilling: add -ing

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