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flake
Pronunciation: (flāk), [key]
—n., v., flaked, flak•ing.
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n.
1. a small, flat, thin piece, esp. one that has been or become detached from a larger piece or mass:
flakes of old paint.
2. any small piece or mass:
a flake of snow.
3. a stratum or layer.
4. Slang.an eccentric person; screwball.
5. Slang.cocaine.
6. a usually broad, often irregular piece of stone struck from a larger core and sometimes retouched to form a flake tool.
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v.i.
1. to peel off or separate in flakes.
2. to fall in flakes, as snow.
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v.t.
1. to remove in flakes.
2. to break flakes or chips from; break into flakes:
to flake fish for a casserole.
3. to cover with or as if with flakes.
4. to form into flakes.
flake
Pronunciation: (flāk), [key]—
n.
a frame, as for drying fish.
flake
Pronunciation: (flāk), [key]
—n., v., flaked, flak•ing.
Naut.
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n.
fake
2 (defs. 1, 2).
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v.t.
1. fake
2 (def. 3).
2. to lower (a fore-and-aft sail) so as to drape the sail equally on both sides over its boom.
flake
Pronunciation: (flāk), [key]
—v., flaked, flak•ing. flake out,
Slang.
to fall asleep; take a nap.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
