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Noun
S:
(n)
snowflake
,
flake
(a crystal of snow)
S:
(n)
eccentric
,
eccentric person
,
flake
,
oddball
,
geek
(a person with an unusual or odd personality)
S:
(n)
bit
,
chip
,
flake
,
fleck
,
scrap
(a small fragment of something broken off from the whole)
"a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
Verb
S:
(v)
flake
(form into flakes)
"The substances started to flake"
S:
(v)
flake
(cover with flakes or as if with flakes)
S:
(v)
peel off
,
peel
,
flake off
,
flake
(come off in flakes or thin small pieces)
"The paint in my house is peeling off"