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Word: Flake
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: the immediate source is unknown, the senses perhaps deriving from different words; probably of Germanic origin and related to flag and flaw. In flake out (sense 1) the verb is a variant of obsolete flack and the verb flag.
fleɪk
a small, flat, very thin piece of something, typically one which has broken away or been peeled off from a larger piece
Short Definition:small, flat, thin piece of something
Examples:- he licked the flakes of croissant off his finger
an unreliable, eccentric, or unconventional person
Short Definition:unreliable person
Examples:- I told my husband she was a flake and she'd never show up
Word: Flake
Speech Type: Verb
fleɪk
come or fall away from a surface in flakes
Short Definition:come off in flakes
Examples:- the paint had been flaking off for years
separate (food) into flakes or thin pieces
Short Definition:break into flakes
Examples:- flake the fish
fail to keep an appointment or fulfil a commitment, especially with little or no advance notice
Short Definition:fail to keep (appointment with someone)
Examples:- a real friend won't ever flake on you
- twice, you had plans, and both times you flaked
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