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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024flake1 /fleɪk/USA pronunciation n., v., flaked, flak•ing. n. [countable] - a small, flat, thin piece:a few flakes of snow.
- Slang Termsan eccentric person;
screwball.
v. [no object] - to peel off, fall in, or form into flakes:Cook until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
flak•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024flake1 (flāk),USA pronunciation n., v., flaked, flak•ing. n. - a small, flat, thin piece, esp. one that has been or become detached from a larger piece or mass:flakes of old paint.
- any small piece or mass:a flake of snow.
- a stratum or layer.
- Slang Termsan eccentric person;
screwball. - Slang Termscocaine.
- Anthropology, Buildinga usually broad, often irregular piece of stone struck from a larger core and sometimes retouched to form a flake tool.
v.i. - to peel off or separate in flakes.
- to fall in flakes, as snow.
v.t. - to remove in flakes.
- to break flakes or chips from;
break into flakes:to flake fish for a casserole. - to cover with or as if with flakes.
- to form into flakes.
- 1350–1400; (noun, nominal) Middle English; akin to Old English flac- in flacox flying (said of arrows), Old Norse flakka to rove, wander, Middle Dutch vlacken to flutter; (in def. 4) by back formation from flaky, in sense "eccentric, odd''; (verb, verbal) late Middle English: to fall in flakes, derivative of the noun, nominal
- a frame, as for drying fish.
- Old Norse flaki, fleki bridge, hurdle
- Middle English flake, fleke 1300–50
- Nautical, Naval Termsfake2 (defs. 1, 2).
v.t. - Nautical, Naval Termsfake2 (def. 3).
- Nautical, Naval Termsto lower (a fore-and-aft sail) so as to drape the sail equally on both sides over its boom.
- apparently variant of fake2 1620–30
- to fall asleep;
take a nap.
- 1935–40; perh. expressive variant of flag3; compare Brit. dialect, dialectal flack to hang loosely, flap
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: flake /fleɪk/ n - a small thin piece or layer chipped off or detached from an object or substance; scale
- a small piece or particle: a flake of snow
- a fragment removed by chipping or hammering from a larger stone used as a tool or weapon
- slang chiefly US an eccentric, crazy, or unreliable person
vb - to peel or cause to peel off in flakes; chip
- to cover or become covered with or as with flakes
- (transitive) to form into flakes
Etymology: 14th Century: of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian flak disc, Middle Dutch vlacken to flutter flake /fleɪk/ n - a rack or platform for drying fish or other produce
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Norse flaki; related to Dutch vlaak hurdle |