Flake Synonyms
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To drop (troops or supplies) by parachute; airdrop
A cell is defined as the smallest unit of an organism with a nucleus.
To split or become split into slivers.
A skin lesion or lesions marked by such flakes.
The definition of a sheet is a rectangular piece of fabric covering a mattress, a rectangular piece of paper, or a continuous surface of something.
To shed skin, bark, etc.
To diffuse or radiate; send forth or impart:
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To cut or trim away (the rind, skin, covering, rough surface, etc.) of (anything); peel
To cut from a larger piece:
(Nautical) To modify the angle of a vessel's sails relative to the wind, especially to set the sails to the most advantageous angle.
To erode gradually and progressively
desquamate
To fall off in scales; peel off
exfoliative
That causes, or is accompanied by, exfoliation
lamelliform
Having the form of a thin plate or lamella.
To check or control with or as if with a bit.
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One of the small, round disks or counters used in poker and other gambling games as a token for money
Scrap is defined as a small amount of something, often left from something larger.
An odd or unconventional person
To intrude oneself without welcome:
To break into small fragments or pieces:
To cover or sprinkle with flecks; speckle
A thin layer of bone, membrane, or other tissue.
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(Music) To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).
(Impersonal) To have snow fall from the sky.
To deprive or dispossess (a person or thing) of (honors, titles, attributes, etc.)
a person with an unusual or odd personality
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A single flake or crystal of snow.
(Intransitive) To separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.
come off in flakes or thin small pieces
A thin, flat, crisp cracker or cookie
A usually thin, closely adhering outer layer:
A thin, pliable sheet or layer of natural or synthetic material:
A single thickness of a material covering a surface or forming an overlying part or segment:
A section of drawbridge that moves upward or to the side.
A thin slice or sliver, as of wood or metal, that is shaved off.
pellicle
A thin skin or film, as on a photographic emulsion or on a liquid
(Architecture) A curvilinear, often lobelike figure or space formed between the cusps of intersecting arcs, found especially in Gothic tracery and Moorish ornament.
(Biology) A thin flat layer or scale, as that of a fish.
A thin, platelike part, layer, organ, or structure
The act or process of separating or cutting, especially the surgical cutting or dividing of tissue.
The definition of a scab is a rough or crusty piece of skin, especially one that forms over a healing wound, or a worker who refuses to strike.
To cast or come off in flakes, scales, or layers
Words Related to Flake
A stone tool consisting of a flake that is often modified by further chipping or flaking. Although sharp-edged flakes removed in the production of core tools were presumably used as cutting tools by early humans, true flake tools are those that were purposefully removed from the core and then modified for a particular purpose. Flake tools include scrapers, awls, projectile points, and blades.
oyster-shell
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