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Meaning
Noun
●
In People:
A
loose
filmy
mass
or a
thin
chiplike
layer
of anything
●
In Carcharhiniform sharks & Sharks:
A
scale
of a
fish
or
similar
animal
●
In Archaeology:
A
prehistoric
tool
chipped
out of
stone.
●
In People:
A person who is
impractical
,
flighty
,
unreliable
, or
inconsistent
; especially with
maintaining
a living.
●
A
carnation
with only two
colours
in the
flower
, the
petals
having large stripes.
●
In People:
A
flat
turn
or
tier
of rope.
●
In American English & Law enforcement:
A
corrupt
arrest
, e.g. to
extort
money for
release
or
merely
to
fulfil
a quota.
●
In Carcharhiniform sharks & Sharks:
A
wire
rack
for
drying
fish.
●
In British English, Carcharhiniform sharks & Sharks:
Dogfish.
●
In Australian English:
The
meat
of the
gummy
shark.
●
In British English:
A
paling
; a hurdle.
●
A
platform
of
hurdles
, or small
sticks
made
fast
or
interwoven
,
supported
by
stanchions
, for
drying
codfish
and other things.
●
In Nautical:
A small
stage
hung over
a vessel's
side
, for
workmen
to
stand on
while
calking
, etc.
●
In Nautical:
Alternative form of
fake
(“turn or
coil
of
cable
or hawser”)
Verb
●
To
break
or
chip
off in a flake.
●
To
prove
unreliable
or
impractical
; to
abandon
or
desert
, to
fail
to
follow
through.
●
To
store
an
item
such as
rope
or
sail
in layers
●
In Irish English:
To
hit
(another person).
●
In American English & Law enforcement:
To
plant
evidence
to
facilitate
a
corrupt
arrest.
●
To
lay out
on a
flake
for drying.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
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Origin
flake
English
flake
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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Slough
Puss
Coating
Scratch
Sponge
Drip
Wuss
Dry
Graphite
Metal
Harden
Crystal
Crumb
Wimp
Squirt
Silica
Seep
Crack
Paste
Chip
Corrode
Goof
Ceramic
Glass
Gel
Clay
Fiber
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Granules
Blister
Break
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Particles
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Clump
Evaporate
Brush
Rub
Corker
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Crystals
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Rhymes
Fake
Nake
Cake
Jake
Lake
Ache
Sake
Wake
Raik
Bake
Take
Hake
Make
Rake
Shake
Drake
Wrake
Sheik
Break
Brake
Slake
Blake
Steak
Snake
Spake
Flake
Awake
Stake
Drake
Quake
Blake
Ashake
Mosaic
Betake
Opaque
Remake
Partake
Reshake
Mistake
Forsake
Overtake
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Undertake
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