flake: Meaning and Definition of

flake

1. a small, flat, thin piece, esp. 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. an eccentric person; screwball.
5. cocaine.
6. a usually broad, often irregular piece of stone struck from a larger core and sometimes retouched to form a flake tool.

1. to peel off or separate in flakes.
2. to fall in flakes, as snow.

1. to remove in flakes.
2. to break flakes or chips from; break into flakes: to flake fish for a casserole.
3. to cover with or as if with flakes.
4. to form into flakes.

flake

1. a frame, as for drying fish.

flake

1. fake (defs. 1, 2).

1. fake (def. 3).
2. to lower (a fore-and-aft sail) so as to drape the sail equally on both sides over its boom.

flake

1. to fall asleep; take a nap.