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flake 1
(flāk)n.
1. A flat thin piece or layer; a chip.
2. Archaeology A stone fragment removed from a core or from another flake by percussion or pressure, serving as a preform or as a tool or blade itself.
3. A small piece; a bit.
4. A small crystalline bit of snow.
5. Slang
a. One who is undependable, as in keeping social engagements.
b. A somewhat eccentric person; an oddball.
6. Slang Cocaine.
v. flaked, flak·ing, flakes
v.tr.
1. To remove a flake or flakes from; chip.
2. To cover, mark, or overlay with or as if with flakes.
3. To lay out (a rope or sail, for example) in loose folds.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To come off in flat thin pieces or layers.
2. Slang
a. To renege, as on a social engagement: promised to go to the party but flaked at the last moment.
b. To fall asleep or collapse from fatigue or exhaustion: got home and flaked on the sofa.
flake out Slang
1. To renege, as on a social engagement: Sorry for flaking out on you last night—I had to work late.
2. To lose interest or nerve: I toyed with the idea of getting a tattoo but flaked out when I saw the needle.
3. To fall asleep or collapse from fatigue or exhaustion: On arriving at the campsite, we dropped our packs and flaked out on the ground.
4. To act in an odd or eccentric manner: Don't embarrass me by flaking out in front of my friends!
[Middle English; see plāk- in Indo-European roots.]
flak′er n.
flake 2
(flāk)n.
1. A frame or platform for drying fish or produce.
2. A platform lowered over the side of a ship as a scaffold for performing maintenance or repairs.
[Middle English fleke, from Old Norse fleki, hurdle, shield used for defense in battle; see plāk- in Indo-European roots.]
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flake
(fleɪk)n
1. a small thin piece or layer chipped off or detached from an object or substance; scale
2. a small piece or particle: a flake of snow.
3. a thin layer or stratum
4. (Archaeology) archaeol
a. a fragment removed by chipping or hammering from a larger stone used as a tool or weapon. See also blade
b. (as modifier): flake tool.
5. slang chiefly US an eccentric, crazy, or unreliable person
vb
6. to peel or cause to peel off in flakes; chip
7. to cover or become covered with or as with flakes
8. (tr) to form into flakes
[C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian flak disc, Middle Dutch vlacken to flutter]
ˈflaker n
flake
(fleɪk)n
(Agriculture) a rack or platform for drying fish or other produce
[C14: from Old Norse flaki; related to Dutch vlaak hurdle]
flake
(fleɪk)vb
(Nautical Terms) nautical another word for fake1
flake
(fleɪk)n
(Cookery) (in Australia) the commercial name for the meat of the gummy shark
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flake1
(fleɪk)n., v. flaked, flak•ing. n.
1. a small, flat, thin piece, esp. one that has been or become detached from a larger piece or mass.
2. any small piece or mass.
3. a stratum or layer.
4. Slang. an eccentric person; screwball.
5. Slang. cocaine.
v.i. 6. to peel off or fall in flakes.
v.t. 7. to remove in flakes.
8. to cover with or as if with flakes.
9. to break or form into flakes.
[1350–1400; Middle English]
flake2
(fleɪk)n.
a frame, as for drying fish.
[1300–50; Middle English < Old Norse flaki]
flake4
(fleɪk)v.i. flaked, flak•ing.
flake out, Slang. to fall asleep.
[1935–40; perhaps expressive variant of flag3]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Flake
a bundle of parallel fibres or threads, 1635.Examples: flake of ice, 1555.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
flake
Past participle: flaked
Gerund: flaking
| Imperative |
|---|
| flake |
| flake |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
flake
To break into natural segments.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
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| Noun | 1. |  flake - a crystal of snow H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent crystal - a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure snow - a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground |
| 2. |  flake - a person with an unusual or odd personalityunusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual | |
| 3. |  flake - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" matchwood - fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood" scurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts | |
| Verb | 1. | flake - form into flakes; "The substances started to flake" form - assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads" |
| 2. | flake - cover with flakes or as if with flakes cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" | |
| 3. | flake - come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" chip, chip off, break away, break off, come off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" |
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flake
1noun
verb
1. chip, scale (off), peel (off), blister, desquamate Some of the shell had flaked away.
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Translations
نَدْفَه، رُقاقَهيَتَقَشَّر الدهان
vločkaloupat se
falde af i flagerflagefnugskalle af
rétegesen leválik
flagaflagna
apsilupęsdribsnisdrožlėgabalėlisiš nuovargio nepastovintis ant kojų
lobīties kārtāmpārslaplēksne
odlupovať savločka
luščiti se
parçacıkpul pul dökülmek
flake
[fleɪk]B. VI (also flake off, flake away) [paint] → descascarillarse, desconcharse; [skin] → pelarse
C. VT [+ cooked fish] → desmenuzar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
flake
[ˈfleɪk] vi (also flake off) [paint] → s'écailler
flake out
vi (= fall asleep) → s'endormirflaked almonds npl → amandes fpl effiléesflak jacket n → gilet m pare-ballesCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
flake
n (of snow, soap) → Flocke f; (of paint, rust) → Splitter m; (of plaster) → abgebröckeltes Stückchen; (of metal, wood) → Span m; (of skin) → Schuppe f; (of fish) → Stückchen nt → Fischfleisch; (of almond) → Blättchen nt; (of chocolate) → Raspel m; flakes of paint/plaster were falling off the ceiling → die Farbe blätterte/der Gips bröckelte von der Decke ab
vi (stone, plaster etc) → abbröckeln; (paint) → abblättern
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
flake
[fleɪk]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
flake
(fleik) noun a very small piece. a snowflake.
verb (usually with off) to come off in flakes. The paint is flaking.
ˈflaky adjectiveflake out
(slang) to fall asleep straight away because one is extremely tired.
flaked out (slang) extremely tired. You must be flaked out after being awake all night.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
flake
n. escama; copo;
snow ___ -s → copos de nieve.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
flake
(skin) n escama; vi descamarse (form), caerse en escamasEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.