"flake" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fleɪk/ [UK] Audio: en-us-flake.ogg , EN-AU ck1 flake.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flake.wav Forms: flakes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪk Etymology: From Middle English flake (“a flake of snow”), from Old English flacca and/or Old Norse flak (“loose or torn piece”) (compare Old Norse flakna (“to flake or chip”)), from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”). Cognate with Norwegian flak (“slice, sliver”, literally “piece torn off”), Swedish flak (“a thin slice”), Danish flage (“flake”), German Flocke (“flake”), Dutch vlak (“smooth surface, plain”) and vlok (“flake”), as well as with Latin plaga (“flat surface, district, region”) and Welsh llech (“slate, tablet”). Doublet of plage. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flake|t=a flake of snow}} Middle English flake (“a flake of snow”), {{inh|en|ang|flacca}} Old English flacca, {{der|en|non|flak|t=loose or torn piece}} Old Norse flak (“loose or torn piece”), {{cog|non|flakna|t=to flake or chip}} Old Norse flakna (“to flake or chip”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*flaką|t=something flat}} Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pleh₂-||flat, broad, plain}} Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”), {{cog|no|flak||slice, sliver|lit=piece torn off}} Norwegian flak (“slice, sliver”, literally “piece torn off”), {{cog|sv|flak||a thin slice}} Swedish flak (“a thin slice”), {{cog|da|flage||flake}} Danish flage (“flake”), {{cog|de|Flocke||flake}} German Flocke (“flake”), {{cog|nl|vlak||smooth surface, plain}} Dutch vlak (“smooth surface, plain”), {{cog|la|plaga||flat surface, district, region}} Latin plaga (“flat surface, district, region”), {{cog|cy|llech||slate, tablet}} Welsh llech (“slate, tablet”), {{doublet|en|plage}} Doublet of plage Head templates: {{en-noun}} flake (plural flakes)
  1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything Synonyms: fleak (english: obsolete except Britain, dialectal) Translations (thin chiplike layer): bie (Afrikaans), lopa (Azerbaijani), люспа (ljuspa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), floc [masculine] (Catalan), 小片 (xiǎopiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 薄片 (báopiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), vločka [feminine] (Czech), vlok [feminine] (Dutch), schilfer [masculine] (Dutch), helbe (Estonian), lible (Estonian), hiutale (Finnish), éclat [masculine] (French), fragment [masculine] (French), floco [masculine] (Galician), Flocke [feminine] (German), φολίδα (folída) [feminine] (Greek), νιφάδα (nifáda) [feminine] (Greek), λέπι (lépi) [neuter] (Greek), pehely (Hungarian), flaga [feminine] (Icelandic), serpih (Indonesian), mengelupas (Indonesian), hiutale (Ingrian), cáithnín [masculine] (Irish), fiocco [masculine] (Italian), schizzo [masculine] (Italian), フレーク (furēku) (Japanese), 플레이크 (peulleikeu) (Korean), floccus [masculine] (Latin), whā (Maori), kapu (note: of snow) (Maori), flòc [masculine] (Occitan), یپراق (yaprak) (Ottoman Turkish), płatek [masculine] (Polish), floco [masculine] (Portuguese), стру́жка (strúžka) [feminine] (Russian), оско́лок (oskólok) [masculine] (Russian), чешу́йка (češújka) [feminine] (Russian), хло́пья (xlópʹja) [neuter, plural] (Russian), па̀хуља [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pàhulja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), scama [feminine] (Sicilian), scagghia [feminine] (Sicilian), escama [feminine] (Spanish), hojuela [feminine] (Spanish), copa [feminine] (Spanish), copo (english: snow) [masculine] (Spanish), ampo (english: snow) [masculine] (Spanish), flinga (Swedish), flaga (Swedish), manipis na piraso (Tagalog), pul (Turkish), vảy (Vietnamese), sclat [masculine] (Walloon), שופּ (shup) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-DCH4hnhs Disambiguation of 'thin chiplike layer': 83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0
  2. A scale of a fish or similar animal Categories (lifeform): Carcharhiniform sharks, Sharks
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-A4NpF2eG Disambiguation of Carcharhiniform sharks: 1 14 1 3 6 7 3 13 8 10 2 3 6 2 1 4 2 4 2 7 Disambiguation of Sharks: 1 14 1 3 6 7 3 13 8 11 2 3 6 2 1 4 2 4 3 7
  3. (archaeology) A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone. Categories (topical): Archaeology Translations (archaeology: thin stone tool): ascla [feminine] (Catalan), splinter (Dutch), éclat [masculine] (French), scaglia [feminine] (Italian), pāra (Maori), ascla [feminine] (Occitan), esclapa [feminine] (Occitan), scagghia [feminine] (Sicilian), lasca [feminine] (Spanish), mảnh tước (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-qebXTjOu Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'archaeology: thin stone tool': 9 1 80 1 1 3 4 1
  4. (informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Translations (an unreliable person): lafaard (Dutch), huithapeli (Finnish), planche pourrie [masculine] (French), Schussel [masculine] (German), Schnarchnase [feminine] (German), Drückeberger [masculine] (German), Chaot [masculine] (German), tirapacchi [feminine, masculine] (Italian), furão [masculine] (Portuguese), tintu [masculine] (Sicilian), scunchiudutu [masculine] (Sicilian), fausu [masculine] (Sicilian), mbrugghiuni [masculine] (Sicilian), tronera [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), proteo [masculine] (Spanish), inservible [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
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  5. A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-1jT~NHA4 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Walloon translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 1 2 13 12 14 5 2 2 15 4 11 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 2 1 3 10 11 14 10 2 2 10 4 10 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 2 1 3 10 11 15 9 2 2 10 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 2 1 3 10 12 13 5 2 3 12 5 11 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 2 1 3 12 11 14 8 2 2 11 4 10 7 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 1 3 10 12 13 6 2 3 13 5 11 6 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 2 1 3 11 11 15 8 2 2 10 4 10 7 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 1 3 12 12 14 5 2 2 13 4 11 5 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 2 2 4 8 11 15 5 2 3 10 10 10 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 2 1 3 10 11 15 9 2 2 10 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 2 1 3 9 12 15 7 2 3 10 4 11 6 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 1 2 10 13 15 5 2 3 11 5 12 5 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 1 2 10 13 15 5 2 3 11 5 12 5 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 2 1 3 10 11 15 9 2 2 10 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 2 1 2 10 13 15 5 2 3 11 5 12 5 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 2 1 3 10 11 15 9 2 2 10 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 2 1 3 11 11 13 9 2 2 9 4 13 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 1 3 11 11 13 8 2 3 11 5 10 7 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 1 2 11 12 15 5 2 2 13 4 11 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 2 1 3 10 11 15 9 2 2 10 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 1 2 8 13 16 5 1 3 11 5 12 5 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 2 1 3 12 11 14 9 1 2 11 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 2 1 3 10 11 15 9 2 2 9 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 2 1 3 11 11 15 9 1 2 10 4 10 8 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 2 1 3 11 12 15 7 2 2 10 4 10 6 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 2 1 3 9 11 13 10 1 2 10 4 10 9 15
  6. A flat turn or tier of rope.
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-B8aRl6vL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Walloon translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 1 5 9 11 4 0 5 14 3 4 10 2 1 5 3 8 3 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 1 2 13 12 14 5 2 2 15 4 11 5 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 1 1 5 9 12 4 1 2 15 2 5 10 2 1 6 3 8 3 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 2 1 3 17 9 12 8 1 2 8 4 16 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 2 1 3 17 9 12 8 1 2 8 4 16 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 2 1 3 10 11 14 10 2 2 10 4 10 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 2 1 3 10 11 15 9 2 2 10 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 2 1 5 17 8 11 8 1 2 9 4 15 7 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 2 1 3 10 12 13 5 2 3 12 5 11 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 2 1 3 17 9 13 7 1 2 8 4 17 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 2 1 3 12 11 14 8 2 2 11 4 10 7 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 1 3 10 12 13 6 2 3 13 5 11 6 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 2 1 3 11 11 15 8 2 2 10 4 10 7 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 1 3 12 12 14 5 2 2 13 4 11 5 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 2 2 4 8 11 15 5 2 3 10 10 10 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 2 1 3 17 8 13 6 1 2 9 8 14 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 2 1 3 10 11 15 9 2 2 10 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 2 1 3 17 9 13 7 1 2 8 4 17 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 2 1 3 9 12 15 7 2 3 10 4 11 6 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 1 3 9 10 12 11 1 2 8 3 13 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 1 2 10 13 15 5 2 3 11 5 12 5 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 1 2 10 13 15 5 2 3 11 5 12 5 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 2 1 3 10 11 15 9 2 2 10 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 2 1 2 10 13 15 5 2 3 11 5 12 5 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 2 1 3 10 11 15 9 2 2 10 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 2 1 3 11 11 13 9 2 2 9 4 13 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 2 2 5 9 10 12 12 1 2 9 3 8 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 1 3 11 11 13 8 2 3 11 5 10 7 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 1 3 17 9 12 7 1 2 9 4 16 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 1 2 11 12 15 5 2 2 13 4 11 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 2 1 3 17 9 12 8 1 2 8 4 16 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 2 1 3 10 11 15 9 2 2 10 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 1 2 8 13 16 5 1 3 11 5 12 5 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 2 1 3 12 11 14 9 1 2 11 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 2 1 3 10 11 15 9 2 2 9 4 10 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 2 1 3 11 11 15 9 1 2 10 4 10 8 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 2 1 3 17 9 12 8 1 2 8 4 16 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 2 1 3 11 12 15 7 2 2 10 4 10 6 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 2 1 3 9 11 13 10 1 2 10 4 10 9 15
  7. (US, law enforcement, slang) A corrupt arrest, e.g. to extort money for release or merely to fulfil a quota. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-KIA2QTv- Categories (other): American English, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 1 3 9 10 12 11 1 2 8 3 13 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 2 2 5 9 10 12 12 1 2 9 3 8 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 2 1 3 9 11 13 10 1 2 10 4 10 9 15 Topics: government, law-enforcement
  8. A wire rack for drying fish. Categories (lifeform): Carcharhiniform sharks, Sharks
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-vtD8PUB2 Disambiguation of Carcharhiniform sharks: 1 14 1 3 6 7 3 13 8 10 2 3 6 2 1 4 2 4 2 7 Disambiguation of Sharks: 1 14 1 3 6 7 3 13 8 11 2 3 6 2 1 4 2 4 3 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bread flake, cornflake, flake salt, flake white, rye flake, snowflake, soap flake
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /fleɪk/ [UK] Audio: en-us-flake.ogg , EN-AU ck1 flake.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flake.wav
Rhymes: -eɪk Etymology: A name given to dogfish to improve its marketability as a food, perhaps from etymology 1. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} flake (uncountable)
  1. (UK) Dogfish. Tags: UK, uncountable
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-2cGlVySy Categories (other): British English
  2. (Australia) The meat of the gummy shark. Tags: Australia, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Carcharhiniform sharks, Sharks
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-KXimEwI1 Disambiguation of Carcharhiniform sharks: 1 14 1 3 6 7 3 13 8 10 2 3 6 2 1 4 2 4 2 7 Disambiguation of Sharks: 1 14 1 3 6 7 3 13 8 11 2 3 6 2 1 4 2 4 3 7 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 1 5 9 11 4 0 5 14 3 4 10 2 1 5 3 8 3 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 1 1 5 9 12 4 1 2 15 2 5 10 2 1 6 3 8 3 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 1 5 10 13 4 1 2 16 1 5 11 1 1 6 3 8 3 12
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Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /fleɪk/ [UK] Audio: en-us-flake.ogg , EN-AU ck1 flake.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flake.wav Forms: flakes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪk Etymology: Compare Icelandic flaki, Icelandic fleki, Danish flage, Dutch vlaak. Etymology templates: {{m+|is|flaki}} Icelandic flaki, {{m+|is|fleki}} Icelandic fleki, {{m+|da|flage}} Danish flage, {{m+|nl|vlaak}} Dutch vlaak Head templates: {{en-noun}} flake (plural flakes)
  1. (UK, dialect) A paling; a hurdle. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-VsyaJ9IG Categories (other): British English
  2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-wJKOpyjY
  3. (nautical) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-RNxOOpUy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 1 5 9 11 4 0 5 14 3 4 10 2 1 5 3 8 3 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 1 1 5 9 12 4 1 2 15 2 5 10 2 1 6 3 8 3 11 Topics: nautical, transport
  4. (nautical) Alternative form of fake (“turn or coil of cable or hawser”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fake (extra: turn or coil of cable or hawser) Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-flake-en-noun-o0tCBMJY Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /fleɪk/ [UK] Audio: en-us-flake.ogg , EN-AU ck1 flake.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flake.wav Forms: flakes [present, singular, third-person], flaking [participle, present], flaked [participle, past], flaked [past]
Rhymes: -eɪk Etymology: From Middle English flake (“a flake of snow”), from Old English flacca and/or Old Norse flak (“loose or torn piece”) (compare Old Norse flakna (“to flake or chip”)), from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”). Cognate with Norwegian flak (“slice, sliver”, literally “piece torn off”), Swedish flak (“a thin slice”), Danish flage (“flake”), German Flocke (“flake”), Dutch vlak (“smooth surface, plain”) and vlok (“flake”), as well as with Latin plaga (“flat surface, district, region”) and Welsh llech (“slate, tablet”). Doublet of plage. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flake|t=a flake of snow}} Middle English flake (“a flake of snow”), {{inh|en|ang|flacca}} Old English flacca, {{der|en|non|flak|t=loose or torn piece}} Old Norse flak (“loose or torn piece”), {{cog|non|flakna|t=to flake or chip}} Old Norse flakna (“to flake or chip”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*flaką|t=something flat}} Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pleh₂-||flat, broad, plain}} Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”), {{cog|no|flak||slice, sliver|lit=piece torn off}} Norwegian flak (“slice, sliver”, literally “piece torn off”), {{cog|sv|flak||a thin slice}} Swedish flak (“a thin slice”), {{cog|da|flage||flake}} Danish flage (“flake”), {{cog|de|Flocke||flake}} German Flocke (“flake”), {{cog|nl|vlak||smooth surface, plain}} Dutch vlak (“smooth surface, plain”), {{cog|la|plaga||flat surface, district, region}} Latin plaga (“flat surface, district, region”), {{cog|cy|llech||slate, tablet}} Welsh llech (“slate, tablet”), {{doublet|en|plage}} Doublet of plage Head templates: {{en-verb}} flake (third-person singular simple present flakes, present participle flaking, simple past and past participle flaked)
  1. To break or chip off in a flake. Synonyms: fleak [obsolete, rare] Translations (to break or chip): лющя се (ljuštja se) (Bulgarian), 剝落 (Chinese Mandarin), 剥落 (bōluò) (Chinese Mandarin), loupat se [imperfective] (Czech), schilferen (Dutch), afschilferen (Dutch), hilseillä (Finnish), peler (French), s’écailler (French), s’effriter (French), απολεπίζω (apolepízo) (Greek), ξεφλουδίζω (xefloudízo) (Greek), scheggiare (Italian), scheggiarsi (Italian), rehu (english: refers to preparing stone surfaces) (Maori), облупи́ться (oblupítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), descamar (Spanish), descarapelar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-flake-en-verb-tTRV3NKg Disambiguation of 'to break or chip': 98 2 0 0 0 0
  2. (colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through. Tags: colloquial Translations (To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through): niet komen opdagen (Dutch), (iemand) laten stikken (Dutch), planter (quelqu'un) (French), tirare il pacco (Italian), furar (Portuguese), plantar [transitive] (Spanish), esfumarse (Spanish), largarse (Spanish), rajarse (Spanish), acobardarse (Spanish), retractarse (Spanish), arrepentirse (Spanish), mamarse (Spanish), planchar [transitive] (Spanish)
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  3. (technical) To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
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  4. (Ireland, slang) To hit (another person). Tags: Ireland, slang
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  5. (US, law enforcement, slang) To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Law enforcement
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  6. To lay out on a flake for drying.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beflake, flakeable, flake down, flake off, flake out
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bread flake"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cornflake"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flake salt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flake white"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rye flake"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "snowflake"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "soap flake"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "flake",
        "t": "a flake of snow"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English flake (“a flake of snow”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "flacca"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English flacca",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "flak",
        "t": "loose or torn piece"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse flak (“loose or torn piece”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "flakna",
        "t": "to flake or chip"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse flakna (“to flake or chip”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*flaką",
        "t": "something flat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pleh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "flat, broad, plain"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "flak",
        "3": "",
        "4": "slice, sliver",
        "lit": "piece torn off"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian flak (“slice, sliver”, literally “piece torn off”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "flak",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a thin slice"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish flak (“a thin slice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "flage",
        "3": "",
        "4": "flake"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish flage (“flake”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Flocke",
        "3": "",
        "4": "flake"
      },
      "expansion": "German Flocke (“flake”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "vlak",
        "3": "",
        "4": "smooth surface, plain"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "plaga",
        "3": "",
        "4": "flat surface, district, region"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin plaga (“flat surface, district, region”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "llech",
        "3": "",
        "4": "slate, tablet"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh llech (“slate, tablet”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "plage"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of plage",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English flake (“a flake of snow”), from Old English flacca and/or Old Norse flak (“loose or torn piece”) (compare Old Norse flakna (“to flake or chip”)), from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”). Cognate with Norwegian flak (“slice, sliver”, literally “piece torn off”), Swedish flak (“a thin slice”), Danish flage (“flake”), German Flocke (“flake”), Dutch vlak (“smooth surface, plain”) and vlok (“flake”), as well as with Latin plaga (“flat surface, district, region”) and Welsh llech (“slate, tablet”). Doublet of plage.",
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    {
      "form": "flakes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "flake (plural flakes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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    "flake"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "flakes of dandruff",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, Leonard Cohen, Famous Blue Raincoat:",
          "text": "And you treated my woman to a flake of your life. And when she came back she was nobody's wife.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything"
      ],
      "id": "en-flake-en-noun-DCH4hnhs",
      "links": [
        [
          "filmy",
          "filmy"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ],
        [
          "chiplike",
          "chiplike"
        ],
        [
          "layer",
          "layer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "obsolete except Britain, dialectal",
          "word": "fleak"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "bie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "lopa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ljuspa",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "люспа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "floc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiǎopiàn",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "小片"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "báopiàn",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "薄片"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vločka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vlok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "schilfer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "helbe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "lible"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "hiutale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "éclat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fragment"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "floco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Flocke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "folída",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "φολίδα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "nifáda",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "νιφάδα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "lépi",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "λέπι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "pehely"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "flaga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "serpih"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "mengelupas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "hiutale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cáithnín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fiocco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "schizzo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "furēku",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "フレーク"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "peulleikeu",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "플레이크"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "floccus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "whā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of snow",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "kapu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "flòc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "yaprak",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "word": "یپراق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "płatek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "floco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "strúžka",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стру́жка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oskólok",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "оско́лок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "češújka",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чешу́йка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xlópʹja",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "хло́пья"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "па̀хуља"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pàhulja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 1 2 1 3 2 9 0",
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        },
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          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "1971, Leonard Cohen, Famous Blue Raincoat:",
          "text": "And you treated my woman to a flake of your life. And when she came back she was nobody's wife.",
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        }
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          "filmy"
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          "layer"
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      "glosses": [
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          "archaeology",
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        "sciences"
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      ],
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          "ref": "2020 October 23, Walter Kirn, “The Cautionary Tale of Adam Neumann and WeWork”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "The center encouraged its devotees to wear lucky red strings around one wrist, which Neumann did for quite a while, until a more sober-minded business person warned him to lose the item or risk confirming his burgeoning reputation as a flake.",
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        {
          "ref": "1944, Clifford W. Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots, Doubleday, pages 516–517:",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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          "ref": "1973, Knapp Commission, New York, The Knapp Commission Report on Police Corruption, page 83:",
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        "US",
        "slang"
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        "law-enforcement"
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      "glosses": [
        "A wire rack for drying fish."
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "bie"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "lopa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ljuspa",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "люспа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "floc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎopiàn",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "小片"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "báopiàn",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "薄片"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vločka"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vlok"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "schilfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "helbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "lible"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "hiutale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "éclat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fragment"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "floco"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Flocke"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "folída",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φολίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nifáda",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "νιφάδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lépi",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λέπι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "pehely"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "serpih"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "mengelupas"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "hiutale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cáithnín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiocco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "schizzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "furēku",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "フレーク"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "peulleikeu",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "플레이크"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "floccus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "whā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of snow",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "kapu"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "flòc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yaprak",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "یپراق"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "płatek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "floco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strúžka",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стру́жка"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oskólok",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "оско́лок"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "češújka",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "чешу́йка"
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      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "хло́пья"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "па̀хуља"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "pàhulja"
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scama"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scagghia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escama"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hojuela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "copa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "snow",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "copo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "snow",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ampo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "flinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "flaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "manipis na piraso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "pul"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "word": "vảy"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sclat"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shup",
      "sense": "thin chiplike layer",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "שופּ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "archaeology: thin stone tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ascla"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "archaeology: thin stone tool",
      "word": "splinter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "archaeology: thin stone tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "éclat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "archaeology: thin stone tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scaglia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "archaeology: thin stone tool",
      "word": "pāra"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "archaeology: thin stone tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ascla"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "archaeology: thin stone tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esclapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "archaeology: thin stone tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scagghia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "archaeology: thin stone tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lasca"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "archaeology: thin stone tool",
      "word": "mảnh tước"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "word": "lafaard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "word": "huithapeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "planche pourrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schussel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnarchnase"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Drückeberger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Chaot"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tirapacchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "furão"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tintu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scunchiudutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fausu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mbrugghiuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an unreliable person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch vlaak",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Icelandic flaki, Icelandic fleki, Danish flage, Dutch vlaak.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flakes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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    "flake"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A paling; a hurdle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paling",
          "paling"
        ],
        [
          "hurdle",
          "hurdle"
        ]
      ],
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        "(UK, dialect) A paling; a hurdle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1613, Gervase Markham, English Husbandman:",
          "text": "You shall also, after they be ripe, neither suffer them to have straw nor fern under them, but lay them either upon some smooth table, boards, or flakes of wands, and they will last the longer.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things."
      ],
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        [
          "platform",
          "platform"
        ],
        [
          "stanchion",
          "stanchion"
        ],
        [
          "codfish",
          "codfish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "stage",
          "stage"
        ],
        [
          "calk",
          "calk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "turn or coil of cable or hawser",
          "word": "fake"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1898, Frank T. Bullen, The Cruise of the Cachalot: The Story of a New Bedford Whaler:",
          "text": "Flake after flake ran out of the tubs, until we were compelled to hand the end of our line to the second mate to splice his own on to.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of fake (“turn or coil of cable or hawser”)"
      ],
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        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "fake",
          "fake#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(nautical) Alternative form of fake (“turn or coil of cable or hawser”)"
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪk"
    }
  ],
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}

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