flake

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a crystal of snow
• Syn:
snowflake
• Hypernyms:
crystal
• Substance Holonyms:
snow
• Part Holonyms:
snow, snowfall
• Substance Meronyms:
water, H2O
2. a person with an unusual or odd personality
• Syn:
eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, geek
• Hypernyms:
anomaly, unusual person
• Hyponyms:
crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake,
screwball, nutter, wacko, whacko
3. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
• Syn:
bit, chip, fleck, scrap
• Derivationally related forms:
flaky, flakey, chip (for: chip)
• Hypernyms:
fragment
• Hyponyms:
matchwood, scale, scurf, exfoliation, splinter, sliver

II - verb

1. form into flakes (Freq. 1)
- The substances started to flake
• Hypernyms:
form
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. cover with flakes or as if with flakes
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. come off in flakes or thin small pieces
- The paint in my house is peeling off
• Syn:
peel off, peel, flake off
• Derivationally related forms:
peeling (for: peel)
• Hypernyms:
chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bit, chip, fleck, scrap, eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, geek, snowflake, peel off, peel, flake off