Definition of flake Flake
/flejˈk/ - [fleyk] - flake
We found 28 definitions of flake from 8 different sources.
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| flake - cover with flakes or as if with flakes | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| flake - form into flakes; "The substances started to flake" | ||
| form assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads" | ||
| flake - come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" | ||
| peel off, peel, flake off | ||
| chip off, come off, break away, break off, chip break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- flake (Noun)
A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, paint, or fish. - flake (Noun)
A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone. - flake (Noun)
A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living. - flake (Noun)
A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes. - flake (Noun)
Dogfish. - flake (Noun)
The meat of the gummy shark . - flake (Verb)
To break or chip off in a flake. - flake (Verb)
To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through . - flake (Verb)
To store an item such as rope in layers. - flake (Verb)
To hit another person.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- flake (n.)
A paling; a hurdle. - flake (n.)
A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things. - flake (n.)
A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc. - flake (n.)
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. - flake (n.)
A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash. - flake (n.)
A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes. - flake (v. t.)
To form into flakes. - flake (v. i.)
To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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flake
A small fragment of something broken off from the whole. -
flake
A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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flake
flāk, n. a small flat layer or film of anything: a very small loose mass, as of snow or wool.—v.t. to form into flakes.—ns. Flake′-white, the purest white-lead for painting, in the form of scales or plates; Flak′iness.—adj. Flak′y. [Prob. Scand.; Ice. flóke, flock of wool; Old High Ger. floccho.] -
flake
flāk, n. (Scot.) a movable hurdle for fencing; (naut.) a stage hung over a ship's side for caulking, &c. [Scand.; cf. Ice. flake; Dut. vlaak.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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flake
echafaud, a sort of scaffold or platform, formed of hurdles and supported by stanchions, and used for drying cod-fish in Newfoundland. These flakes are usually placed near the shores of fishing-harbours.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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flake
A small shifting stage, hung over a ship's side to caulk or repair a breach. (See FISH-FLAKE.)
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