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flake
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flake 1  (flk)
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 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.
v.intr.
To come off in flat thin pieces or layers; chip off.
Phrasal Verb:
flake out Slang
1. To fall asleep or collapse from fatigue or exhaustion.
2. To act in an odd or eccentric manner.
3. To lose interest or nerve.

[Middle English; see plk-1 in Indo-European roots.]

flaker n.

flake 2  (flk)
n.
1. A frame or platform for drying fish or produce.
2. A scaffold lowered over the side of a ship to support workers or caulkers.

[Middle English fleke, from Old Norse fleki, hurdle, shield used for defense in battle; see plk-1 in Indo-European roots.]

flake1
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. (Social Science / 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
1. to peel or cause to peel off in flakes; chip
2. to cover or become covered with or as with flakes
3. (tr) to form into flakes
[of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian flak disc, Middle Dutch vlacken to flutter]
flaker  n

flake2
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a rack or platform for drying fish or other produce
[from Old Norse flaki; related to Dutch vlaak hurdle]

flake3
vb
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical another word for fake

flake4
n
(Cookery) (in Australia) the commercial name for the meat of the gummy shark

flake  (flk)
1. A relatively thin, sharp-edged stone fragment removed from a core or from another flake by striking or prying, serving as a tool or blade itself or as a blank for making other tools. See more at flake tool.
2. A small, symmetrical, six-sided crystal of snow. Flakes can be large or small and wet or dry, depending on weather conditions. They are white in color because of their large number of reflecting surfaces.

Flake a bundle of parallel fibres or threads, 1635.
Examples: flake of ice, 1555.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.flakeflake - a crystal of snow                    
snow, snowfall - precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
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.flakeflake - a person with an unusual or odd personality
unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual
crackpot, fruitcake, nut case, screwball, crank, nut - a whimsically eccentric person
nutter, wacko, whacko - a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
3.flakeflake - 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"
exfoliation, scurf, scale - a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
scurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
sliver, splinter - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
Verb1.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"

flake1
noun
chip, scale, layer, peeling, shaving, disk, wafer, sliver, lamina, squama (Biology) flakes of paint
verb
chip, scale (off), peel (off), blister, desquamate Some of the shell had flaked away.
Translations
flake [fleɪk]
A. N [of paint] → desconchón m; [of skin, soap] → escama f; [of snow] → copo m
B. VI (also flake off, flake away) [paint] → descascarillarse, desconcharse; [skin] → pelarse
C. VT [+ cooked fish] → desmenuzar
flake out VI + ADV (Brit) (= faint) → desplomarse; (= fall asleep) → caer rendido
I flaked out on the bedcaí rendido en la cama
to be flaked outestar rendido

flake [ˈfleɪk]
n
[rust, paint] → écaille f
[snow] → flocon m
[soap powder] → flocon m
vi (also flake off) [paint] → s'écailler
flake out
vi (= fall asleep) → s'endormir
flaked almonds nplamandes fpl effilées
flak jacket ngilet m pare-balles

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 ntFischfleisch; (of almond) → Blättchen nt; (of chocolate) → Raspel m; flakes of paint/plaster were falling off the ceilingdie Farbe blätterte/der Gips bröckelte von der Decke ab
vi (stone, plaster etc)abbröckeln; (paint)abblättern
vt (Cook) chocolate, almondsraspeln; fishin Stücke zerteilen

flake [fleɪk]
1. n (of paint, rust) → scaglia; (of skin) → squama; (of snow, cereal) → fiocco
2. vi (also flake off) (paint) → scrostarsi; (skin) → squamarsi; (stone) → sfaldarsi
flake out vi + adv (fam) (collapse) → svenire; (fall asleep) → crollare

flake [fleɪk]
1. n (of paint, rust) → scaglia; (of skin) → squama; (of snow, cereal) → fiocco
2. vi (also flake off) (paint) → scrostarsi; (skin) → squamarsi; (stone) → sfaldarsi
flake out vi + adv (fam) (collapse) → svenire; (fall asleep) → crollare

flake
n flake [fleik]
a very small piece a snowflake. vlokkie نَدْفَه، رُقاقَه снежинка vločka flage; fnug die Flocke νιφάδα copo helves ذره؛ دانه hiutale flocon פְּתִית सूक्ष्म टुकड़ा pahuljica pehely kepingan flaga fiocco 薄片 (눈, 구름, 깃털 등의) 한 조각 gabalėlis, dribsnis, drožlė pārsla; plēksne kepingan vlok, schilfer flak, (snø)fnugg, spon płatek floco fulg хлопья vločka kosem pahulja flinga, flaga, flisa ชิ้นย่อยที่แตกออกมา parçacık 薄片 пушинка; пластівець جزو قلیل، پترا bông tuyết
v
(usually withoff) to come off in flakes The paint is flaking. skilfer af; afskilfer يَتَقَشَّر الدهان лющя се loupat se falde af i flager; skalle af abblättern ξεφλουδίζω desconcharse kestendama پوسته پوسته شدن hilseillä (s')écailler לַרֶדֶת בִּפתִיתִים परत करना ljuštiti se rétegesen leválik mengelupas flagna sfaldarsi, squamarsi はげ落ちる 얇은 조각으로 벗겨져 떨어지다 luptis, šerpetoti lobīties kārtām mengelupas schilferen flasse av łuszczyć się descascar a se scoroji отслаиваться odlupovať sa luščiti se ljuštiti se flagna หลุดลอกออกมาเป็นแผ่นๆ pul pul dökülmek 剝落 лупитися, сипатися چھوٹے چھوٹے ٹکڑوں ، پتروں کی شکل میں گرنا bong ra; tróc ra
adj flaky
skilferig; vlokkerig نَدْفي، قِشْري люспест vločkovitý flaget; skrøbelig flockig που είναι σε φλούδες desconchado helbeline پوسته پوسته hiutaleinen floconneux עָשוּי פְּתִיתִים परतदार ljuskav, ljuštav pelyhes, pikkelyes berkeping-keping flögóttur; sem flagnar auðveldlega a falde, a scaglie 薄片の 조각조각 떨어지는, 잘 벗겨지는 apsilupęs, nušerpetojęs plēkšņains; kārtains berkelupas schilferachtig som flasser av/faller av i flak puszysty, płatkowaty escamoso ca un fulg, ca fulgii слоистый vločkovitý kosmičast pahuljast flagig, fjällig, flingliknande ที่แตกเป็นแผ่น ince tabaka halinde 薄片狀的 схожий на пластівці پرے جیسا có bông (như) tuyết; dễ bong ra từng mảng
flake out
(slang) to fall asleep straight away because one is extremely tired. omkap يَسْقُطُ نائِما من التَّعَب заспивам vytuhnout (slang. usnout) gå ud som et lys wegtreten πέφτω ξερός caer rendido ära vajuma به خواب رفتن simahtaa לְהִתמוֹטֵט बेहोश हो जाना zaspati od umora elnyomja az álom (fáradtságtól) langsung tidur addormentarsi (per la stanchezza) バタンギューで寝入る (피곤하여) 잠들다 tuoj pat užmigti, kristi ir užmigti atslēgties terus tidur omvallen van vermoeidheid, in slaap vallen sovne som en stein paść ze zmęczenia выключиться odpadnúť, zaspať od vyčerpania zaspati kot ubit klonuti tuppa av หลับเพราะเหนื่อยมาก yatar yatmaz uyumak (俚)睡著 відключитися, упасти від утоми نڈھال ہو کر سو جانا ngủ thiếp đi (俚)
flaked out
(slang) extremely tired You must be flaked out after being awake all night. baie moeg; uitgeput مُرهَق جِدا، تعبان جدا изтощен (hrozně) unavený udkørt geschafft εξουθενωμένος agotado, rendido väsimusest kokku kukkumas olema بسیار خسته lopen uupunut לְהִתמוֹטֵט अत्यधिक थका izmoren teljesen kivan (fáradtságtól) kecapaian stanco 疲れはてている 극도로 지친 nusikalęs, iš nuovargio nepastovintis ant kojų (galīgi) beigts (pārguris) terlalu penat doodop, doodmoe utslitt padnięty измочаленный uťahaný, vyšťavený zelo utrujen, zdelan izmoren utpumpad, färdig เหนื่อยมาก çok yorgun (俚)極度疲勞 знесилений نہایت تھکا ہوا rất mệt (俚)


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