English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-flake.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪk|-eɪk

Etymology 1
Old English

Noun
en-noun

1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, paint, or fish.
2. A person who is flighty, unreliable or impractical.

#:She makes pleasant conversation, but she's kind of a flake when it comes time for action.

Translations
trans-top|thin chiplike layer
Czech: vlo�ka f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb|flakes|flaking|flaked

1. To break or chip off in a flake.

#:The paint flaked off after only a year.

1. colloquial To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

#:He said he'd come and help, but he flaked.

1. To store an item such as rope in layers

#:The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment.

Etymology 2
rfe

Noun
en-noun

1. Australia The meat of the gummy shark.

References
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