Definitions for flake
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. snowflake, flakenoun

   a crystal of snow

2. eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geeknoun

   a person with an unusual or odd personality

3. bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrapverb

   a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

   "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"

4. flakeverb

   form into flakes

   "The substances started to flake"

5. flakeverb

   cover with flakes or as if with flakes

6. peel off, peel, flake off, flakeverb

   come off in flakes or thin small pieces

   "The paint in my house is peeling off"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FLAKEnoun

   Etymology: floccus, Latin.

   1. Any thing that appears loosely held together, like a flock of wool.

   O crimson circles, like red flakes in the element, when the weather is hottest. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   And from his wide devouring oven sent
   A flake of fire, that flushing in his beard,
   Him all amaz’d, and almost made affear’d. Fairy Queen.

   The earth is sometimes covered with snow two or three feet deep, made up only of little flakes or pieces of ice. Burn.

   Small drops of a misling rain, descending through a freezing air, do each of them shoot into one of those figured icicles; which, being ruffled by the wind, in their fall are broken, and clustered together into small parcels, which we call flakes of snow. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmolog. Sacr. b. i. c. 3.

   Upon throwing in a stone the water boils for a considerable time, and at the same time are seen little flakes of scurf rising up. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   2. A stratum; layer; film; lamina.

   The flakes of his tough flesh so firmly bound,
   As not to be divorced by a wound. George Sandys.

   A labourer in his left hand holding the head of the centerpin, and with his right drawing about the beam and teeth, which cut and tore away great flakes of the metal, ’till it received the perfect form the teeth would make. Joseph Moxon.

2. To Flakeverb

   To form in flakes or bodies loosely connected.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   From the bleak pole no winds inclement blow,
   Mold the round hail, or flake the fleecy snow. Alexander Pope, Odyss.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flake

   Flake is a song written and sung by Jack Johnson. It is Johnson's debut single and was released as the only single from his album Brushfire Fairytales. "Flake" features Ben Harper on Weissenborn slide guitar and Tommy Jordan on steel drums."Flake" was a minor success for Johnson in the United States, becoming his first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 73 and peaking at number one on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart. It was a major success in New Zealand, reaching number six and becoming the sixth highest-selling song of 2003. It remains Johnson's sole top-ten hit and his most successful single there. "Flake" has become a popular song in Johnson's live performances and still garners radio airplay.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flake

   A flake can have several meanings depending on its context. It is generally defined as a small, flat, thin piece, usually from something larger or whole. It could refer to a piece of snow in the term 'snowflake'. In geology, it refers to a fragment removed from a larger piece during knapping or similar processes. In informal terms, a flake can also refer to a person who is eccentric, erratic, or unreliable.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flakenoun

   a paling; a hurdle

2. Flakenoun

   a platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things

3. Flakenoun

   a small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc

4. Flakenoun

   a loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish

5. Flakenoun

   a little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash

6. Flakenoun

   a sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes

7. Flakeverb

   to form into flakes

8. Flakeverb

   to separate in flakes; to peel or scale off

9. Etymology: [Etym. uncertain; cf. 1st Fake.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flake

   Flake is a brand of chocolate bar currently manufactured by Cadbury Ireland and consists of thinly folded Dairy Milk milk chocolate. The product was first developed in 1920 and was founded by an employee of Cadburys. When the excess from the moulds was drained off, it fell off in a stream and created folded chocolate with flaking properties. Since 1922 in Britain, Australia and Ireland ice cream vendors serve "99 Flakes" which are vanilla soft serve ice cream in a wafer cone in which a half size Flake bar is inserted in the top. Screwballs are similar but have a plastic cone rather than a wafer.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flake

   flāk, n. a small flat layer or film of anything: a very small loose mass, as of snow or wool.—v.t. to form into flakes.—ns. Flake′-white, the purest white-lead for painting, in the form of scales or plates; Flak′iness.—adj. Flak′y. [Prob. Scand.; Ice. flóke, flock of wool; Old High Ger. floccho.]

2. Flake

   flāk, n. (Scot.) a movable hurdle for fencing; (naut.) a stage hung over a ship's side for caulking, &c. [Scand.; cf. Ice. flake; Dut. vlaak.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flake

   A small shifting stage, hung over a ship's side to caulk or repair a breach. (See FISH-FLAKE.)

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FLAKE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Flake is ranked #7676 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Flake surname appeared 4,326 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Flake.
   
   83.4% or 3,608 total occurrences were White.
   11.2% or 486 total occurrences were Black.
   1.8% or 80 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.5% or 67 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 62 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 23 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
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   • Form
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How to pronounce flake?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say flake in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flake in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flake in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of flake in a Sentence

1. Vincent Grashaw:

   A huge thing I learned playing Flake is that these child killers that we see on the news are a lot more like the rest of us than we think, it can just take a few wrong moves or hateful comments from the people around you for you to make a decision that will turn you into something entirely different.

2. Chris Coons:

   Jeff Flake said,' I'm concerned that we are tearing the country apart,' that the powerful testimony of Christine Blasey Ford did not seem to be taken seriously and investigated -- and that Judge Judge Kavanaugh and Judge Kavanaugh family were distraught by allegations that weren't credible.

3. Heidi Heitkamp:

   I support Sen. Flake’s call for a non-partisan FBI investigation into the allegations about Brett Kavanaugh – which I’ve been pressing for.

4. Deborah Ramirez:

   I know Jeff Flake has been torn, i share those concerns and I have to say my good friend Chris Coons is Chris Coons, he really wanted to create a better way to go forward.

5. Leonard Cohen:

   And you treated my woman to a flake of your life/ And when she came back she was nobody's wife.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=flake
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=flake
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flake
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flake
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=flake
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=flake
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=flake
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=flake