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flake (enc)

Flake

Noun1.flake - 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.flake - a person with an unusual or odd personality
unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual
crackpot, fruitcake, nut case, nutcase, screwball, crank, nut - a whimsically eccentric person
nutter, wacko, whacko - a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
3.flake - 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, flinders - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"
Verb1.flake - form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"
form - give shape to; "form the clay into a head"
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"
break away, chip, chip off, come off, break off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"

 

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