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flake

/fl/eI/k/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. a crystal of snow

    noun.phenomenon

    Synonyms snowflake

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. a person with an unusual or odd personality

    noun.person

    Synonyms eccentric eccentric person geek oddball

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

    noun.object

    Synonyms bit chip fleck scrap

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. A paling; a hurdle.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

  5. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a <i>flake</i> of snow, tallow, or fish.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

  6. A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

verb

  1. form into flakes

    verb.contact

    Examples
    The substances started to flake.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. cover with flakes or as if with flakes

    verb.contact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. come off in flakes or thin small pieces

    verb.contact

    Synonyms flake off peel peel off

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. To form into flakes.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  5. To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

flagylflailflailyflairflakflak catcherflake offflake outflakeyflakinessflakyflam

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