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Noun flake has 3 senses

snowflake, flake - a crystal of snow
--₁ is a kind of crystal
--₁ is a part of snow, snowfall
--₁ is a substance of snow
--₁ has substances: water, H2O
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek - a person with an unusual or odd personality
--₂ is a kind of anomaly, unusual person
--₂ has particulars:
crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball; nutter, wacko, whacko
bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
--₃ is a kind of fragment
--₃ has particulars:
matchwood; scale, scurf, exfoliation; scurf; splinter, sliver, flinders

Derived form: verb flake₃

Verb flake has 3 senses

flake - form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"
--₁ is one way to form
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
flake - cover with flakes or as if with flakes
--₂ is one way to cover
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
peel off, peel, flake off, flake - come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
--₃ is one way to chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off

Derived form: noun flake₃
Sample sentence:
Something ----s