flake as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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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,
escarpment;
table,
tablet;
dess†;
flagstone;
board,
plank;
trencher,
platter.
plate;
lamina,
lamella;
sheet,
foil;
wafer;
scale,
flake,
peel;
coat,
pellicle;
membrane,
film;
leaf;
slice,
shive†,
cut,
rasher,
shaving,
integument
etc.
(covering)
223;
eschar†.
stratification,
scaliness,
nest of boxes,
coats of an onion.
monolayer;
bilayer;
trilayer [Bioch.].
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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, koekebakker, koekenbakker, krotenkoker, nummer, portret, prentenboek, schepsel, snuiter, weirdo, zonderling ... 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
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, crank, crystal, dandruff, dapple, delaminate, dement, demoniac, desquamate, dot, driven snow, eccentric, energumen, erratic, exfoliate, fanatic, flake off, fleck, floccule, flocculus, flock, flurry, fou, fragment, freak, freckle, granular snow, harlequin, idiot, igloo, iris, keel over, kook, lamina, laminate, lay down, lay up, layer, loon, loony, lunatic, maculate, madman, maniac, mantle of snow, marble, marbleize, meshuggenah, mogul, motley, mottle, noncompos, nonconformist, nut, oddball, paring, particle, pass out, pepper, phrenetic, piece, polychrome, polychromize, rainbow, raving lunatic, recluse, scale, scale off, scrap, screwball, scurf, shaving, sliver, slosh, slush, snow, snow banner, snow bed, snow blanket, snow blast, snow fence, snow flurry, snow roller, snow slush, snow squall, snow wreath, snow-crystal, snowball, snowbank, snowbridge, snowcap, snowdrift, snowfall, snowfield, snowflake, snowland, snowman, snowscape, snowshed, snowslide, snowslip, snowstorm, spangle, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stigmatize, stipple, strange duck, stratify, streak, striate, stripe, stud, tattoo, tessellate, tuft, variegate, vein, wafer, weirdo, wet snow ... show more.
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