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- DictionaryFlake/flāk/
noun
- 1. a small, flat, thin piece of something, typically one that has broken away or been peeled off from a larger piece: "paint peeling off the walls in unsightly flakes"
- 2. an unreliable, eccentric, or unconventional person: informal "I told my husband she was a flake and she'd never show up"
verb
- 1. come or fall away from a surface in thin pieces: "the paint had been flaking off for years"
- 2. break or divide (food) into thin pieces: "flake the fish"
The meaning of FLAKE is a small loose mass or bit. How to use flake in a sentence. a small loose mass or bit; a thin flattened piece or layer : chip; cocaine…
flake noun [C] (SMALL PIECE) Add to word list. a small, thin piece of something, especially if it has come from a surface covered with a layer of something: flakes of snow. soap flakes. This room needs decorating - flakes of paint keep coming off the walls. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Words meaning small pieces and amounts.
a small, flat, thin piece, especially one that has been or become detached from a larger piece or mass: flakes of old paint. any small piece or mass: a flake of snow. a stratum or layer. Slang. an eccentric person; screwball: My sister's new boyfriend is a real flake—I can't imagine why she goes out with him. Slang. cocaine.
If someone calls you a flake, they basically mean you're a weirdo. Definitions of flake. noun. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole. synonyms: bit, chip, fleck, scrap. see more. verb. come off in flakes or thin small pieces. synonyms: flake off, peel, peel off.
4 days ago · a small thin piece or layer chipped off or detached from an object or substance; scale. 2. a small piece or particle. a flake of snow. 3. a thin layer or stratum. 4. archaeology. a. a fragment removed by chipping or hammering from a larger stone used as a tool or weapon.
flake. a small, very thin layer or piece of something, especially one that has broken off from something larger. (North American English, informal) a person who is strange or unusual or who forgets things easily. Definition of flake noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
a small, flat, thin piece of something: flakes of paint / snow. verb [ I ] uk / fleɪk / us. to come off in small, flat, thin pieces: The paint was flaking off the walls. flaky. adjective. coming off easily in small, flat, thin pieces: dry, flaky skin. (Definition of flake from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
