flake

flake
[[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.

...oat flakes.

2) VERB If something such as paint flakes, small thin pieces of it come off.

They can see how its colours have faded and where paint has flaked.

Flake off means the same as flake.

V P The surface corrosion was worst where the paint had flaked off.

3) V-ERG If a food such as fish flakes, or if you flake it, it breaks into small thin pieces.

Fry until the fish flakes...

[V n] Skin, bone and flake the fish.

[V-ed] ...flaked almonds.

Phrasal Verbs:

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  • Flake — (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flakna to flake off, split, flagna to flake off, Sw. flaga flaw, flake, flake plate, Dan. flage snowflake. Cf. {Flag} a flat stone.] 1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flake — Flake, eine Variante von Flacke, ist der Familienname von Floyd H. Flake (Floyd Harold Flake, * 1945), US amerikanischer Politiker, methodistischer Geistlicher Jeff Flake (* 1962), US amerikanischer Politiker Otto Flake (1880–1963), deutscher… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • flake — flake1 [flāk] n. [ME < Scand, as in Norw flak, ice floe, ON flakna, to flake off < IE * plāg, flat < base * plā > PLAIN1] 1. a small, thin mass [a flake of snow] 2. a thin piece or layer split off or peeled off from anything; chip ☆ 3 …   English World dictionary

  • Flake — 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.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • flake — flake; flake·less; flake·let; …   English syllables

  • flake — Ⅰ. flake [1] ► NOUN 1) a small, flat, very thin piece of something. 2) N. Amer. informal a crazy or eccentric person. ► VERB 1) come away from a surface in flakes. 2) split into flakes …   English terms dictionary

  • Flake — (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flaki, fleki, Dan. flage, D. vlaak.] 1. A paling; a hurdle. [prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flake — Flake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flaking}.] To form into flakes. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flake — Flake, v. i. To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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