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flake
Overview of noun flake
The noun flake has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. snowflake, flake -- (a crystal of snow)
2. eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek -- (a person with an unusual or odd personality)
3. bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap -- (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye")
Overview of verb flake
The verb flake has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) flake -- (form into flakes; "The substances started to flake")
2. flake -- (cover with flakes or as if with flakes)
3. peel off, peel, flake off, flake -- (come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flake
3 senses of flake
Sense 1
snowflake, flake
=> crystal
=> solid
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
=> anomaly, unusual person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
=> fragment
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun flake
2 of 3 senses of flake
Sense 2
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
=> crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball
=> nutter, wacko, whacko
Sense 3
bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
=> matchwood
=> scale, scurf, exfoliation
=> scurf
=> splinter, sliver
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flake
3 senses of flake
Sense 1
snowflake, flake
=> crystal
Sense 2
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
=> anomaly, unusual person
Sense 3
bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
=> fragment
Antonyms of noun flake
Member Holonyms of noun flake
Substance Holonyms of noun flake
1 of 3 senses of flake
Sense 1
snowflake, flake
SUBSTANCE OF: snow
Part Holonyms of noun flake
1 of 3 senses of flake
Sense 1
snowflake, flake
PART OF: snow, snowfall
Member Meronyms of noun flake
Substance Meronyms of noun flake
1 of 3 senses of flake
Sense 1
snowflake, flake
HAS SUBSTANCE: water, H2O
Part Meronyms of noun flake
Meronyms of noun flake
1 of 3 senses of flake
Sense 1
snowflake, flake
HAS SUBSTANCE: water, H2O
Holonyms of noun flake
1 of 3 senses of flake
Sense 1
snowflake, flake
SUBSTANCE OF: snow
PART OF: snow, snowfall
Attributes of noun flake
Derived Forms of noun flake
1 of 3 senses of flake
Sense 3
bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
RELATED TO>(adj) flaky#1
=> flaky, flakey
RELATED TO>(adj) flakey#1
=> flaky, flakey
RELATED TO>(verb) flake#3
=> peel off, peel, flake off, flake
Domain of noun flake
Domain Terms of noun flake
Familiarity of noun flake
flake used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun flake
3 senses of flake
Sense 1
snowflake, flake
> crystal
=> snowflake, flake
=> ice crystal, snow mist, diamond dust, poudrin, ice needle, frost snow, frost mist
=> gem, gemstone, stone
=> twins
=> ice, water ice
Sense 2
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
> anomaly, unusual person
=> anachronism
=> aberrant
=> albino
=> automaton, zombi, zombie
=> eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
=> giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus
=> Jekyll and Hyde
=> kook, odd fellow, odd fish, queer bird, queer duck, odd man out
=> misfit
=> rare bird, rara avis
=> transsexual, transexual
=> ugly duckling
Sense 3
bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
> fragment
=> bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
=> brickbat
=> cinder, clinker
=> clast
=> ember, coal
=> filing
=> paring, sliver, shaving
=> restriction fragment
=> scraping
=> spall, spawl
=> spark
Meronyms of noun flake
3 senses of flake
Sense 1
snowflake, flake
HAS SUBSTANCE: water, H2O
HAS SUBSTANCE: hydrogen, H, atomic number 1
HAS SUBSTANCE: oxygen, O, atomic number 8
Sense 2
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
=> anomaly, unusual person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun flake
1 of 3 senses of flake
Sense 1
snowflake, flake
SUBSTANCE OF: snow
SUBSTANCE OF: snowball
PART OF: snow, snowfall
Grep of noun flake
bran flake
corn flake
flake
snowflake
summer snowflake
wheatflake
Antonyms of verb flake
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb flake
3 senses of flake
Sense 1
flake
=> form
=> change
Sense 2
flake
=> cover
Sense 3
peel off, peel, flake off, flake
=> chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
=> separate, divide, part
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb flake
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb flake
3 senses of flake
Sense 1
flake
=> form
Sense 2
flake
=> cover
Sense 3
peel off, peel, flake off, flake
=> chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
'Cause To' of verb flake
Derived Forms of verb flake
1 of 3 senses of flake
Sense 3
peel off, peel, flake off, flake
RELATED TO>(noun) flake#3
=> bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
Domain of verb flake
Domain Terms of verb flake
Familiarity of verb flake
flake used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb flake
3 senses of flake
Sense 1
flake
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
flake
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
peel off, peel, flake off, flake
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb flake
3 senses of flake
Sense 1
flake
> form
=> constellate
=> culminate
=> granulate, grain
=> conglobate, conglobe
=> bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump
=> brecciate
=> reticulate
=> flake
=> head
=> bead
Sense 2
flake
> cover
=> frost
=> frost
=> daub, smear
=> roof
=> mulch
=> turf
=> bank
=> carpet
=> carpet
=> board up
=> bedaub, besmear
=> bark
=> coat, surface
=> butter
=> lather
=> wallpaper, paper
=> canvas
=> paper
=> oil
=> wax
=> veneer
=> grease
=> wash
=> line
=> face
=> feather
=> wrap, wrap up
=> spritz
=> felt
=> paste
=> coif
=> hold
=> jacket
=> foil
=> whiteout, white out
=> flash
=> pall
=> sod
=> bind
=> plank, plank over
=> parcel
=> flake
=> recover
=> hood
=> cowl
=> clapboard
=> canopy
=> bread
=> blinker
=> blindfold
=> aluminize, aluminise
=> crown
=> sheet
=> tile
=> lag
=> mask
=> mask, block out
=> mask
=> blanket
=> plaster, plaster over, stick on
=> plaster
=> paint
=> put on, apply
=> laminate
=> spray
=> brush
=> frost, ice
=> smother, surround
=> envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
=> sheathe
=> crape, crepe
=> concrete
=> blacklead
=> grass
=> gravel
=> lime
=> mound over
=> straw
=> spread
=> drape
=> dust
=> plaster, beplaster
=> steel
Sense 3
peel off, peel, flake off, flake
> chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
=> peel off, peel, flake off, flake
=> exfoliate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb flake
Sense 1
flake
=> form
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Sense 2
flake
=> cover
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Sense 3
peel off, peel, flake off, flake
=> chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
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Grep of verb flake
flake
flake off
flake out
Grep of adj flake
flakey
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