Other Definitions flake (enc)
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Flake| Noun | 1. | flake - a crystal of snowsnow, 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 | | | 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" 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" | | | Verb | 1. | 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 flakescover - 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" | |
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