caking

"It was just a horrible feeling to walk in the middle of nowhere," she said with sand caking her clothes, adding that she feared for her unborn baby after her ordeal in the desert.

The rain and fish goo caking my shoes has already begun to harden.

The rain had stopped on Sunday and rescue teams and local volunteers were trying to pump out buildings and sweep away mud caking the streets before it could set hard under the sun.

It’s figurative, embedded in the characters and the storyline, but also literal, with dirt and rot caking everything.

The small green creatures, less than an inch long, are caking patio furniture with silk and even getting inside people’s homes.