Noun flake has 3 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
,Verb flake has 3 senses
  1. flake - form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"
    --1 is one way to
    form
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. flake - cover with flakes or as if with flakes
    --2 is one way to
    cover
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. 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
    Derived form: noun flake3
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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