flake

  • 11Flake — Flake, v. i. To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12flake — [n] scale, peel cell, disk, drop, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, pellicle, plate, scab, section, shaving, sheet, skin, slice, sliver, wafer; concept 831 flake [v] peel off blister, chip, delaminate, desquamate, drop, exfoliate,… …

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  • 13Flake — Flake. См. Флокены. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …

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  • 14Flake — Flake, großes Fischernetz in Seen …

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  • 15flake — I UK [fleɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms flake : singular flake plural flakes 1) a small flat piece of something bran flakes a flake of snow 2) informal an insulting word for someone who you think is strange or unusual, or who forgets things …

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  • 16flake — flake1 [ fleık ] noun count 1. ) a small flat piece of something: wheat flakes a flake of snow 2. ) AMERICAN INFORMAL a crazy person flake flake 2 [ fleık ] verb 1. ) flake or flake off intransitive to come off a surface in small flat pieces: Her …

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  • 17flake — flake1 [fleık] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From a Scandinavian language; related to Norwegian flak disk ] 1.) a small thin piece that breaks away easily from something else flake of ▪ flakes of snow ▪ chocolate flakes →↑snowflake …

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  • 18flake — [[t]fle͟ɪk[/t]] flakes, flaking, flaked 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n, n N A flake is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off a larger piece. ...flakes of paint... Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall …

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  • 19flake — flake1 flakeless, adj. flaker, n. /flayk/, n., v., flaked, flaking. n. 1. a small, flat, thin piece, esp. one that has been or become detached from a larger piece or mass: flakes of old paint. 2. any small piece or mass: a flake of snow. 3. a… …

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  • 20flake — {{11}}flake (n.) thin, flat piece, early 14c., possibly from O.E. *flacca flakes of snow, from O.N. flak loose or torn piece (related to O.N. fla to skin, see FLAY (Cf. flay)), from P.Gmc. *flago (Cf. M.Du. vlac, Du. vlak flat, level, M.H.G …

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