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flake

noun

1 flake

A crystal of snow.

synonym: snowflake.

Roget 204: layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, ... show more

Dutch: sneeuwvlok, vlok
Polish: śnieżynka, śnieżyczka, płatek śniegu

2 flake

A person with an unusual or odd personality.

synonyms: eccentric, eccentric person, geek, oddball.

Dutch: excentrieke, lafaard, rare, eigenaardige, exentriekeling, buitenbeentje, creatuur, geitebreier, geitenbreier, knakker ... show more
Polish: cudak, dziwadło, dziwak, wybryk natury

3 flake

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.

synonyms: bit, chip, fleck, scrap.

Dutch: deel, part, scherf, schilfer, stuk, vlok
Polish: odprysk

verb

1 flake

Form into flakes.

2 flake

Cover with flakes or as if with flakes.

3 flake

Come off in flakes or thin small pieces.

synonyms: flake off, peel, peel off.

Dutch: afbladderen, afschilferen, bladderen, schilferen, verschilferen


Moby thesaurus: aliene, arrange in layers, avalanche, band, bar, bedlamite, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, bit, blizzard, blotch, borderline case, character, check, checker, chip, collapse, crackbrain, crackpot ... show more.

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