flaking


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flake
v. peel; chip; come off in small pieces; form into flakes; cover with flakes

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flake

Noun
1. a crystal of snow
(synonym) snowflake
(hypernym) crystal
(substance-holonym) snow
(part-holonym) snow, snowfall
(substance-meronym) water, H2O
2. a person with an unusual or odd personality
(synonym) eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, geek
(hypernym) anomaly, unusual person
(hyponym) crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball
3. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
(synonym) bit, chip, fleck, scrap
(hypernym) fragment
(hyponym) matchwood
(derivation) peel off, peel, flake off

Verb
1. form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"
(hypernym) form
2. cover with flakes or as if with flakes
(hypernym) cover
3. come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
(synonym) peel off, peel, flake off
(hypernym) chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
(derivation) bit, chip, fleck, scrap


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flake
v. loupat se

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flake
Czas. łuszczyć się; odpadać płatami; odłupywać; rozdrobnić

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FLAKING
FIOCCANDO. SFALDANDOSI. SQUAMANDO