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Look up: flake

  1. flake
    [v] - form into flakes 2. [v] - cover with flakes or as if with flakes
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. flake
    fragments of flesh the initial muscle structure of which is maintained and which are of heterogeneous size Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a film detached from the inner surface of a container,as a result of chemical attack,from which most of the constituents except silica have been leached(for example by treatment in an autoclave) Category:...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Flake
    A scale-like particle. To lose bond from a surface in small thin pieces. Sometimes a paint film 'flakes.'
    Found on http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/

  4. Flake
    Aggregate pieces that have two dimensions substantially larger than the third.
    Found on http://rugby.cemex.co.uk/crossproductpag

  5. Flake
    Flake (flāk) noun [ Confer Icelandic flaki , fleki , Danish flage , Dutch vlaak .] 1. A paling; a hurdle. [ prov. Eng.] 2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things. « You shall also, after they be ripe, neither suffer them to have straw nor fern under them, bu ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/37

  6. Flake
    Flake (flāk) noun [ Confer Icelandic flakna to flake off, split, flagna to flake off, Swedish flaga flaw, flake, flake plate, Danish flage snowflake. Confer Flag a flat stone.] 1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish. 'Lottle flakes o ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/37

  7. Flake
    Flake transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flaked ; present participle & verbal noun Flaking .] To form into flakes. Pope.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/37

  8. Flake
    Flake intransitive verb To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/37

  9. Flake
    Flake noun [ Etym. uncertain; confer 1st Fake .] A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable. « Flake after flake ran out of the tubs, until we were compelled to hand the end of our line to the second mate.» F. T. Bullen.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/37

  10. flake
    1. A paling; a hurdle. ... 2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things. '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.' ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. Flake
    `Flake` may refer to: In `food preparation`: * Fish flake, a platform for drying cod * Flake (fish), an Australian term for edible flesh of one of several species of shark * Flake (chocolate), a chocolate bar In `science`: * Lithic flake, a fragment of stone found in archaeology * Snowflake, a particle of snow * Flake tobacco, used in a smoking pipe (tobacco) * Flakes of dandruff * Flake, a slang term for cocaine * Flake_(KDE), a software libra...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flake

  12. Flake
    • (n.) A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish. • (n.) A paling; a hurdle. • (n.) A small stage hung over a vessel`s side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc. • (v. i.) To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off. • (v. t.) To fo...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. Flake
    A thin flat asymmetrical piece of flint or other stone which was intentionally removed from a tool or projectile core during the process of manufacture or sharpening/resharpening.
    Found on http://members.aol.com/artgumbus/glossar

  14. FLAKE
    A scale-like particle. To lose bond from a surface in small thin pieces. Sometimes a paint film 'flakes'.
    Found on http://www.proofrock.com/construction_te

  15. flake
    1. a crystal of snow
    2. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

    Found on

  16. FLAKE
    To break lightly into small pieces.
    Found on http://www.d.umn.edu/~alphanu/cookery/gl


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