to flake
12
2.6
- verb
- /fleɪk/
:
desprenderse
- Built nicely, but the paint is flaking off the wood.
- flaked stone
Pale skin began to flake away like old paint.
- Pale skin began to flake away like old paint.
- This stuff flaked so much, I cannot even handle it.
- Over the years, as dead skin dries off and flakes, the other layer grows into the fabric.
- It doesn't smudge, flake, or do any of those annoying mascara things.
- It's volumizing, it's lengthening, it is long as well, it doesn't crumble or flake.
- And then I also use masks when my face is just so dehydrated, so dry, my skin is flaking.
Examples
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Claire jabbed at it with a carving knife, and the crisp skin flaked off like confetti.
Fiction book (1997) -
Pale skin began to flake away like old paint.
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Too much sun causes the skin to flake gray over tan.
Fiction book (1994) -
Some of the paste on one of his hands was already flaking off.
Fiction book (1990) -
The ceiling slab was thin and flaked away around the vent easily.
Fiction book (1991) -
The woman sobbed and then smiled widely in a kind of grimace, her makeup flaking off around her eyes.
Fiction book (1998) -
Rain filled the prints, algae greened the puddles, and the stone flaked and crumbled.
Fiction book (1992) -
The old paint started to flake off the wooden fence as the sun beat down.
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After a few days in the sun, my skin began to flake and peel.
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When the icing on the cake was too thick, it began to flake as I cut into it.
Synonyms
56
3.0
Come off in thin pieces because of age or damage
9
3.9
To come away in strips because of age or damage
8
6.2
To come off in thin layers, like peeling bark
3
3.2
Break a small piece from something by hitting or pressing it
3
3.9
To come off a surface in small thin pieces
Phrasal Verbs
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Etymology
Flake as a verb also links to the old Norse flaga, meaning to come off in thin, flat pieces. That is why we say paint can 'flake' when it peels away or that snow can 'flake' down in small pieces.