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verb | noun flakeflake1 /fleɪk/ verb ETYMOLOGYflake1Origin: 1300-1400 from a Scandinavian language; related to Norwegian flak disk VERB TABLEflake |
| Present | I, you, we, they | flake | | he, she, it | flakes | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | flaked | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have flaked | | he, she, it | has flaked | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had flaked | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will flake | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have flaked |
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| Present | I | am flaking | | he, she, it | is flaking | | you, we, they | are flaking | | Past | I, he, she, it | was flaking | | you, we, they | were flaking | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been flaking | | he, she, it | has been flaking | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been flaking | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be flaking | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been flaking |
 [intransitive] (also flake off) to break off or come off in small thin pieces: Paint was flaking off the doors and window frames.2[intransitive, transitive] to break fish or another food into small thin pieces, or to break in this way: Poach the fish until it flakes easily.3[intransitive] (also flake out) spoken to do something strange or forgetful, or to not do what you said you would do: flake (out) on somebody Kathy said she’d help but she flaked out on us. [Origin: 1300–1400 from a Scandinavian language; related to Norwegian flak disk] verb | noun flakeflake2 noun [countable] THESAURUSamount► piece an amount that has been cut or broken from something, or one of the amounts that something has been cut or broken into: The vase has a piece broken off of it. The lamp lay in pieces on the floor (=in small parts). ► scrap a small piece of paper, cloth, etc.: He took out the scrap of paper on which he’d written the address. ► strip a long narrow piece of paper, cloth, etc.: She tore a strip off her shirt to make a bandage. ► chip a small piece of wood or stone, especially one that separates accidentally from a larger piece when it is being cut: The pathway was covered with wood chips. ► flake a very thin flat piece of something such as snow or dried food, which breaks easily: The first flakes of snow were beginning to fall. ► fragment a small piece that has broken off something, especially rock, bone, glass, or metal: Fragments of glass from the car crash were still on the street. ► shard a sharp piece of broken glass, metal, or pottery: They found shards of ancient pots buried in the ground. ► chunk a thick piece of something solid that does not have an even shape: The stew was filled with large chunks of chicken. ► lump a small piece of something solid that does not have a definite shape: She put a lump of brown sugar in her coffee. ► block a piece of a hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides: They were using blocks of wood as stools. ► slice a thin flat piece of bread, meat, etc. cut from a larger piece: Would you like a slice of pie? ► crumb a very small piece of bread, cake, etc.: She scattered crumbs for the birds. ► sliver a very small thin piece of something: There was only a sliver of soap left. ► splinter a small sharp thin piece of wood, glass, or metal, especially one that goes into someone’s skin: He got a splinter in his toe from the old wood floor. 1 a very small flat thin piece that breaks off easily from something else: flakes of chocolate on a cake► see thesaurus at piece12spoken someone who easily forgets things, does strange things, or does not do what he or she promised to do: I wouldn't hire him – he's a real flake. → see also snowflake |