flake
[noun]
Synonyms:
- wafer, layer, peeling, scale, shaving, sliver
[verb]
Synonyms:
- blister, chip, peel (off)

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Flake (also Cadbury's Flake) trademark
a type of chocolate bar made by the Cadbury company which breaks into flakes (=small thin pieces) when you bite it

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

I. flake¹ /fleɪk/ noun [countable]
[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

2. American English informal someone who seems strange or who often forgets things Synonym : space cadet

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II. flake² verb

1. (also flake off) [intransitive] to break off in small thin pieces:
The paint is beginning to flake off.
Use a moisturising cream to stop your skin flaking.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to break fish or another food into small thin pieces, or to break in this way:
Poach the fish until it flakes easily.
Remove the skin and flake the flesh.
flake out phrasal verb informal

1. British English to fall asleep because you are extremely tired:
Phil’s flaked out on the sofa.

2. American English to do something strange, or to not do what you said you would do
flake out on
Kathy said she’d help but she flaked out on us.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

flake
̈ɪfleɪk
{n.}, {slang}, {drug culture} A disjointed, or "flaky" person, who is forgetful and incoherent, as if under the influence of narcotics.
Hermione is a regular flakeball.
Compare: SPACED OUT.

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