flake

flake: I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. fleck, floccule, scale, chip, shaving; snowflake. See layer, cold.

II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. scale, cell, sheet, wafer, peel, skin, slice, chip, sliver, membrane, lamina, layer, sheet, leaf, shaving, pellicle, foil, plate, lamella, drop, section, scab.
v.
Syn. scale, peel, sliver, shed, drop, chip, exfoliate, scab, slice, pare, trim, wear away, desquamate.

III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
scale, bit, fleck, chip, sliver, peel, shaving, sheet.

II
v.
scale, peel, shave, exfoliate, chip, shed.

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Synonyms:

Scale, lamina, layer, Scale, scale off, come off in flakes

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Flake — may refer to:In food preparation: * Fish flake, a platform for drying cod * Flake (fish), an Australian term for edible flesh of one of several species of shark * Flake (chocolate), a chocolate barIn science: * Lithic flake, a fragment of stone… … Wikipedia
Flake — (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flakna to flake off, split, flagna to flake off, Sw. flaga flaw, flake, flake plate, Dan. flage snowflake. Cf. {Flag} a flat stone.] 1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flake — Flake, eine Variante von Flacke, ist der Familienname von Floyd H. Flake (Floyd Harold Flake, * 1945), US amerikanischer Politiker, methodistischer Geistlicher Jeff Flake (* 1962), US amerikanischer Politiker Otto Flake (1880–1963), deutscher… … Deutsch Wikipedia
flake — flake1 [flāk] n. [ME < Scand, as in Norw flak, ice floe, ON flakna, to flake off < IE * plāg, flat < base * plā > PLAIN1] 1. a small, thin mass [a flake of snow] 2. a thin piece or layer split off or peeled off from anything; chip ☆ 3 … English World dictionary
Flake — Flake, n. [Etym. uncertain; cf. 1st {Fake}.] A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable. Flake after flake ran out of the tubs, until we were compelled to hand the end of our line to the second mate. F. T. Bullen. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flake — модифицированный FLAC кодер, разработанный Джастином Рагглесом (англ. Justin Ruggles) и включённый в состав библиотеки FFmpeg. Даёт лучшую компрессию и скорость кодирования нежели libFLAC. См. также FLAC Ссылки Flake: FLAC encoder (англ.). … … Википедия
flake — flake; flake·less; flake·let; … English syllables
flake — Ⅰ. flake [1] ► NOUN 1) a small, flat, very thin piece of something. 2) N. Amer. informal a crazy or eccentric person. ► VERB 1) come away from a surface in flakes. 2) split into flakes … English terms dictionary
Flake — (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flaki, fleki, Dan. flage, D. vlaak.] 1. A paling; a hurdle. [prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flake — Flake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flaking}.] To form into flakes. Pope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flake — Flake, v. i. To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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