flake
verb/fleɪk/
/fleɪk/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they flake | /fleɪk/ /fleɪk/ |
| he / she / it flakes | /fleɪks/ /fleɪks/ |
| past simple flaked | /fleɪkt/ /fleɪkt/ |
| past participle flaked | /fleɪkt/ /fleɪkt/ |
| -ing form flaking | /ˈfleɪkɪŋ/ /ˈfleɪkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] flake (off) to fall off in small thin pieces
- You could see bare wood where the paint had flaked off.
- His skin was dry and flaking.
- [transitive, intransitive] flake (something) to break something, especially fish or other food into small thin pieces; to fall into small thin pieces
- Flake the tuna and add to the sauce.
- flaked almonds
Word Originverb Middle English: the immediate source is unknown, the senses perhaps deriving from different words; probably of Germanic origin and related to flag ‘flagstone’ and flaw. flake out. sense 1 late 15th cent. (in the senses ‘become languid’ and (of a garment) ‘fall in folds’): variant of obsolete flack and the verb flag ‘to become tired’. The current sense dates from the 1940s.
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