Post by t-bob on Aug 31, 2019 1:19:02 GMT -5
flake1
—noun
a small, flat, thin piece, especially 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.an eccentric person; screwball.
Slang.cocaine.
a usually broad, often irregular piece of stone struck from a larger core and sometimes retouched to form a flake tool.
—verb (used without object), flaked, flak·ing.
to peel off or separate in flakes.
to fall in flakes, as snow.
—verb (used with object), flaked, flak·ing.
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.
Origin: 1350–1400; (noun) 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”; (v.) late Middle English: to fall in flakes, derivative of the noun
—Related forms
flake·less, adjective
flak·er, noun
flake2
—noun
a frame, as for drying fish.
Origin: 1300–50; Middle English flake, fleke < Old Norse flaki, fleki bridge, hurdle
flake3
—noun
fake2(defs 2, 3).
—verb (used with object), flaked, flak·ing.
fake2(def 1).
to lower (a fore-and-aft sail) so as to drape the sail equally on both sides over its boom.
Origin: First recorded in 1620–30; apparently variant of fake2
flake4
—verb, flaked, flak·ing.
flake out, Slang.to fall asleep; take a nap.
Origin: 1935–40; perhaps expressive variant of flag3; compare British dialect flack to hang loosely, flap
—noun
a small, flat, thin piece, especially 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.an eccentric person; screwball.
Slang.cocaine.
a usually broad, often irregular piece of stone struck from a larger core and sometimes retouched to form a flake tool.
—verb (used without object), flaked, flak·ing.
to peel off or separate in flakes.
to fall in flakes, as snow.
—verb (used with object), flaked, flak·ing.
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.
Origin: 1350–1400; (noun) 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”; (v.) late Middle English: to fall in flakes, derivative of the noun
—Related forms
flake·less, adjective
flak·er, noun
flake2
—noun
a frame, as for drying fish.
Origin: 1300–50; Middle English flake, fleke < Old Norse flaki, fleki bridge, hurdle
flake3
—noun
fake2(defs 2, 3).
—verb (used with object), flaked, flak·ing.
fake2(def 1).
to lower (a fore-and-aft sail) so as to drape the sail equally on both sides over its boom.
Origin: First recorded in 1620–30; apparently variant of fake2
flake4
—verb, flaked, flak·ing.
flake out, Slang.to fall asleep; take a nap.
Origin: 1935–40; perhaps expressive variant of flag3; compare British dialect flack to hang loosely, flap
