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Meaning of 'flake' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Flake [ n.]
- A paling; a hurdle.
- A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
- A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.
- A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish.
- A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash.
- A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
2 . Flake [ v. i.]
- To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
3 . Flake [ v. t.]
- To form into flakes.

Meaning of 'flake' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . flake [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
Example in sentence:
  • a bit of rock caught him in the eye
2 . flake [ v]
Meaning (2):
- come off in flakes or thin small pieces
Example in sentence:
  • The paint in my house is peeling off
Meaning (3):
- form into flakes
Example in sentence:
  • The substances started to flake

Nearby Words:

flabbergast flabbergastation flabbily flabbiness flabby flabel flabellate flabellation flabelliform flabellinerved

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