flake (Meaning)

Wordnet

flake (n)

a crystal of snow

a person with an unusual or odd personality

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

Wordnet

flake (v)

form into flakes

cover with flakes or as if with flakes

come off in flakes or thin small pieces

Webster

flake (n.)

A paling; a hurdle.

A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.

A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish.

A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash.

A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes.

A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable.

Webster

flake (v. t.)

To form into flakes.

Webster

flake (v. i.)

To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.

flake Sentence Examples

  1. The gentle breeze carried snowflakes gracefully through the winter air.
  2. The paint on the old wooden table had begun to flake off, revealing the bare wood beneath.
  3. The old man's hair was like silver flakes, shining in the sunlight.
  4. She opened the box of cereal, careful not to spill the oat flakes onto the floor.
  5. The snow was falling heavily, coating the ground with a thick layer of white flakes.
  6. The paper was so thin that it was flaking and tearing at the edges.
  7. The metal had flaked away, exposing the rusty core beneath.
  8. The fish flakes floated on the water's surface, attracting a school of hungry fish.
  9. She peeled off the flaky skin from the sunburn on her arm.
  10. He brushed the salt flakes off his jacket before entering the restaurant.

FAQs About the word flake

a crystal of snow, a person with an unusual or odd personality, a small fragment of something broken off from the whole, form into flakes, cover with flakes or

splinter, sliver,chip, fragment, particle, spall, splint, shred, scrap, bit

slab, lump, chunk, chunk,slab, lump, hunk,hunk,

The gentle breeze carried snowflakes gracefully through the winter air.

The paint on the old wooden table had begun to flake off, revealing the bare wood beneath.

The old man's hair was like silver flakes, shining in the sunlight.

She opened the box of cereal, careful not to spill the oat flakes onto the floor.