Толковый словарь английского языка - flake
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English flacor flying (of arrows), Old Norse flakna to ~ off, split Date: 14th century a small loose mass or bit , a thin flattened piece or layer ; chip , cocaine , ~ tool , II. verb (~d; flaking) Date: 1602 transitive verb to cover with or as if with ~s, to form or break into ~s ; chip , intransitive verb to separate into ~s, III. noun Etymology: Middle English ~, fleke hurdle; akin to Middle Dutch vlāke, vlaec hurdle, Old Norse flaki Date: 1623 a stage, platform, or tray for drying fish or produce, IV. noun Etymology: perhaps from ~ out Date: 1964 a person who is flaky ; oddball
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a small thin light piece of snow. b a similar piece of another material. 2 a thin broad piece of material peeled or split off. 3 Archaeol. a piece of hard stone chipped off and used as a tool. 4 a natural division of the flesh of some fish. 5 the dogfish or other shark as food. --v.tr. & intr. (often foll. by away, off) 1 take off or come away in flakes. 2 sprinkle with or fall in snowlike flakes. Phrases and idioms flake out colloq. fall asleep or drop from exhaustion; faint. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.: cf. ON flakna flake off 2. n. 1 a stage for drying fish etc. 2 a rack for storing oatcakes etc. Etymology: ME, perh. f. ON flaki, fleki wicker shield ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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