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Meanings of flake in English

Portuguese
apara
Catalan
miqueta
Spanish
pizca

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.

        apara
        Catalan
        excèntric
        Spanish
        geek

        A person with an unusual or odd personality.

              excèntric
              Portuguese
              flocodeneve
              Catalan
              floc
              Spanish
              copo de nieve

              A crystal of snow.

                    flocodeneve

                    Come off in flakes or thin small pieces.

                          Usage of flake in English
                          1
                          After 10 days, my feet were finally flake free and silky soft.
                          News.com.au
                          2
                          I immediately let go of the flake, and again heard that sound.
                          Climbing Magazine
                          3
                          She smiled at the ticket-chopper and dropped the flake into the box.
                          We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
                          4
                          He began pressing with the antler along the edge of the flake.
                          The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone
                          5
                          Any frescoes were good when they started to peel and flake off.
                          A Farewell to Arms
                          6
                          Another flake and another fell on the upturned faces of the party.
                          True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence
                          7
                          The interior was dry, as not a single snow-flake had drifted in.
                          The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
                          8
                          Baron Rothie was a foam-flake of the court of the Prince Regent.
                          Robert Falconer
                          9
                          Boil a whitefish in salted water and flake fine with a fork.
                          How to Cook Fish
                          10
                          The fish is done when it can flake easily with a fork.
                          Jamaica Observer
                          11
                          Now and then a black flake settled past them to the ground.
                          The Flying U's Last Stand
                          12
                          She then fell another 10 feet into the boulders behind the flake.
                          Rock and Ice Magazine
                          13
                          On the one hand we have an acknowledged flake, chancer and gadabout.
                          The Guardian
                          14
                          After drying, remove the skin and bones and flake with a fork.
                          How to Cook Fish
                          15
                          Again a flake comes and says: I am so to be pitied.
                          Invisible Links
                          16
                          Those who thought the Princess a flake will accuse you of hagiography.
                          The Irish Times
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                          Flake through the time
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                          United States of America
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                          United Kingdom
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