a small, flat, thin piece, esp. one that has been or become detached from a larger piece or mass

flakes of old paint.

any small piece or mass

a flake of snow.

a stratum or layer.

Slang . an eccentric person; screwball.

Slang . cocaine.

a usually broad, often irregular piece of stone struck from a larger core and sometimes retouched to form a flake tool.

to peel off or separate in flakes.

to fall in flakes, as snow.

to remove in flakes.

to break flakes or chips from; break into flakes

to flake fish for a casserole.

to cover with or as if with flakes.

to form into flakes.

noun

cell , disk , drop , foil , lamella , lamina , layer , leaf , membrane , pellicle , plate , scab , section , shaving , sheet , skin , slice , sliver , wafer , desquamation , exfoliation , film , flock , scale

verb

blister , chip , delaminate , desquamate , drop , exfoliate , pare , scab , scale , shed , slice , sliver , trim , wear away , bit , chisel , crumble , fleck , lamina , nut , oddball , peel , screwball , shred , snow , strip