Definition of Flake

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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. t. bullen.
flake
\flake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. flaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. flaking.] to form into flakes.
flake
\flake\, v. i. to separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
flake
\flake\ (flāk), 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; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish. "lottle flakes of scurf." great flakes of ice encompassing our boat.
2. a little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash. with flakes of ruddy fire.
3. (bot.) a sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
flake
knife (arch?ol.), a cutting instrument used by savage tribes, made of a flake or chip of hard stone.
flake
stand, the cooling tub or vessel of a still worm.
flake
white. (paint.) (a) the purest white lead, in the form of flakes or scales. (b) the trisnitrate of bismuth.
flake
\flake\ (flāk), n. [cf. icel. flaki, fleki, dan. flage, d. vlaak.] 1. a paling; a hurdle. [prov. eng.]
2. a platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things. you shall also, after they be ripe, neither suffer them to have straw nor fern under them, but lay them either upon some smooth table, boards, or flakes of wands, and they will last the longer. lish husbandman.
3. (naut.) a small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.
flake
n
1. a crystal of snow [syn: snowflake]


2. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip, fleck, scrap]
v 1: form into flakes 2: cover with flakes or as if with flakes

3. come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "the paint in my house is peeling off" [syn: peel off, peel, flake off]

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 flake out 
 flake knife 
 flake off 
 flake white 
 flake stand 

phony, not real The salesman was a flake. What he said was phony.

phony, not real

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The salesman was a flake. What he said was phony.

chalóg, f.

Clwyden = n. a hurdle; a flake

Crafen = n. a flake; a crust

Hiff = n. a flake; a drift

Hiffyn = n. a flake; a drift

Llafn = n. a blade; a flake

Llafnu = v. to blade, to flake

Llafon = n. a lamina, a flake

Plymen = n. plummet; flake

1. shark's flesh (sold in fish & chips shops); 2. collapse, faint, or fall asleep, especially as a result of complete exhaustion, or influence of alcohol, drugs, etc.; 3. one who is strange or eccentric

lay down for a rest or fall down from over doing smth. as a result of complete exhaustion, or influence of alcohol, drugs, etc.

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Noun
1. a crystal of snow
(synonym) snowflake
(hypernym) crystal
(substance-holonym) snow
(part-holonym) snow, snowfall
(substance-meronym) water, H2O
2. a person with an unusual or odd personality
(synonym) eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, geek
(hypernym) anomaly, unusual person
(hyponym) crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball
3. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
(synonym) bit, chip, fleck, scrap
(hypernym) fragment
(hyponym) matchwood
(derivation) peel off, peel, flake off

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Verb
1. form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"
(hypernym) form
2. cover with flakes or as if with flakes
(hypernym) cover
3. come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
(synonym) peel off, peel, flake off
(hypernym) chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
(derivation) bit, chip, fleck, scrap

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To coil a rope so that each coil, on two opposite sides, lies on deck alongside previous coil; so allowing rope to run freely.

homogenized tobacco, primarily for cigarette manufacture

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