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21flake — I. /fleɪk / (say flayk) noun 1. a small, flat, thin piece of anything. 2. a small, detached piece or mass: a flake of cloud. 3. a stratum or layer. 4. Colloquial a strange or bizarre person; an unconventional person. 5. Colloquial a person who… …
22flake — [[t]fle͟ɪk[/t]] flakes, flaking, flaked 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n, n N A flake is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off a larger piece. ...flakes of paint... Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall …
23flake — 1 noun (countable + of) 1 a very small flat thin piece that breaks away easily from something else: soap flakes see also: snowflake 2 AmE informal someone who seems crazy 2 verb 1 (I) also flake off to break off in small thin pieces: The paint is …
24flake — flake1 flakeless, adj. flaker, n. /flayk/, n., v., flaked, flaking. n. 1. a small, flat, thin piece, esp. one that has been or become detached from a larger piece or mass: flakes of old paint. 2. any small piece or mass: a flake of snow. 3. a… …
25flake — I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English flacor flying (of arrows), Old Norse flakna to flake off, split Date: 14th century 1. a small loose mass or bit < flakes of snow > 2. a thin flattened piece or layer ; chip 3. slang …
26flake — I [[t]fleɪk[/t]] n. v. flaked, flak•ing 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) cvb sts Slang. an eccentric person; screwball 5) cvb… …
27flake — I 1. noun 1) flakes of pastry Syn: sliver, wafer, shaving, paring; chip, scale; fragment, scrap, shred; technical lamina 2) informal Geoff can be such a flake Syn: ditz …
28flake — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a small thin light piece of snow. b a similar piece of another material. 2 a thin broad piece of material peeled or split off. 3 Archaeol. a piece of hard stone chipped off and used as a tool. 4 a natural division of the flesh… …
29flake — flake1 noun 1》 a small, flat, very thin piece of something. ↘Archaeology a piece of hard stone chipped off for use as a tool. 2》 a snowflake. 3》 N. Amer. informal a crazy or eccentric person. verb 1》 come away from a surface in flakes. 2》… …
30Flake — Flake, n. [Etym. uncertain; cf. 1st {Fake}.] A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable. Flake after flake ran out of the tubs, until we were compelled to hand the end of our line to the second mate. F. T. Bullen. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
