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Definitions for Flaking

[1] a small, flat, thin piece, especially 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 stratum or layer.
[4] Slang . an eccentric person; screwball.
[5] Slang . cocaine.
[6] a usually broad, often irregular piece of stone struck from a larger core and sometimes retouched to form a flake tool.
[7] to peel off or separate in flakes.
[8] to fall in flakes, as snow.
[9] to remove in flakes.
[10] to break flakes or chips from; break into flakes: to flake fish for a casserole.
[11] to cover with or as if with flakes.
[12] to form into flakes.
[13] fake2(defs 2, 3) .
[14] fake2(def 1) .
[15] to lower (a fore-and-aft sail) so as to drape the sail equally on both sides over its boom.
[16] flake out, Slang . to fall asleep; take a nap.
[17] a small thin piece or layer chipped off or detached from an object or substance; scale
[18] a small piece or particle a flake of snow
[19] a thin layer or stratum
[20] archaeol a fragment removed by chipping or hammering from a larger stone used as a tool or weapon See also blade (as modifier ) flake tool
[21] slang , mainly US an eccentric, crazy, or unreliable person
[22] to peel or cause to peel off in flakes; chip
[23] to cover or become covered with or as with flakes
[24] (tr) to form into flakes
[25] a rack or platform for drying fish or other produce
[26] nautical another word for fake 1
[27] (in Australia) the commercial name for the meat of the gummy shark

Words related to Flaking

flakeleaf, exfoliate, sliver, plate, layer, slice, sheet, wafer, section, skin, disk, lamina, cell, foil, membrane, drop, pellicle, lamella, scab, shaving

Words nearby Flaking

flakeflail joint, flair, flak, flak jacket, flak suit, flake, flake out, flake tool, flake white, flakeboard, flakelet

Origin of Flaking

e41935–40; perhaps expressive variant of flag3; compare British dialect flack to hang loosely, flap

Other words from Flaking

flake·less , adjective
flak·er , noun

Word origin for Flaking

eC14: from Old Norse flaki ; related to Dutch vlaak hurdle

Synonyms for Flaking

leaf, cell, disk, drop, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, membrane, pellicle, plate, scab, section, shaving, sheet, skin, slice, sliver, wafer