- snowflake, flake - a crystal of snow
--1 is a kind of crystal
--1 is a part of snow, snowfall
--1 is a substance of snow
--1 has substances: water, H2O - eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek - a person with an unusual or odd personality
--2 is a kind of anomaly, unusual person
--2 has particulars:crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball; nutter, wacko, whacko - bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
--3 is a kind of fragment
--3 has particulars:matchwood; scale, scurf, exfoliation; scurf; splinter, sliver, flinders Derived form: verb flake3
- flake - form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"
--1 is one way to form
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- flake - cover with flakes or as if with flakes
--2 is one way to cover
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- peel off, peel, flake off, flake - come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
--3 is one way to chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun flake3
Something ----s
- flake - cover with flakes or as if with flakes