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Flake Very Common

Flake has 11 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a crystal of snow

"The morning frost had turned into a thick layer of flake after flake as the temperature dropped below zero."

2

a person with an unusual or odd personality

"His friends all stopped inviting him to parties because he's such a flake who shows up wearing a clown nose and plays ukulele in the shower."

3

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

"a bit of rock caught him in the eye"

4

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

"The old barn has so many flakes in its roof that rain leaks through whenever it storms."

5

Dogfish.

6

A paling; a hurdle.

Verb
1

form into flakes

"The substances started to flake"

2

cover with flakes or as if with flakes

"The snow began to fall heavily, quickly covering the parked cars and rooftops in a thick blanket of white flake."

3

come off in flakes or thin small pieces

"The paint in my house is peeling off"

4

To break or chip off in a flake.

"The frost caused bits of ice to flake off the frozen lake surface as we walked by."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"The new manager, Mr. Flake, held a meeting to discuss quarterly goals."

Example Sentences
"a bit of rock caught him in the eye" noun
"The substances started to flake" verb
"The paint in my house is peeling off" verb
See Also
snow brittle gummy shark calk cornflake follow through dogfish wheaties
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
crystal person fragment form cover chip
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
crackpot nutter matchwood scale scurf splinter
Rhyming Words
ake sake lake make fake pake nake kake dake cake hake bake wake jake rake shake wrake otake omake drake
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