The Meaning of flake

• (n.) A paling; a hurdle.
• (n.) A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
• (n.) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.
• (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 little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash.
• (n.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
• (v. t.) To form into flakes.
• (v. i.) To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.

Synonyms

snowflake , eccentric , eccentric person , oddball , geek , bit , chip , fleck , scrap , peel off , peel , flake off

Rhymes

ache , ake , awake , backache , bake , beefsteak , bellyache , betake , blake , brake , break , caique , cake , cheesecake , crake , cupcake , dake , daybreak , drake , earthquake , fake , forsake , fruitcake , haick , haik , hake , handshake , headache , heartache , heartbreak , hotcake , intake , jacque , jake , keepsake , kittiwake , lake , make , mandrake , milkshake , mistake , muckrake , naik , namesake , opaque , outbreak , outtake , overtake , paik , pake , pancake , partake , plake , quake , rake , rattlesnake , remake , retake , sake , schlake , schnake , schwake , shaik , shaikh , shake , shortcake , shrake , slake , snake , snowflake , spake , stake , steak , strake , sweepstake , take , undertake , uptake , wake , yake