transcription, транскрипция: [ fleɪk ]
( flakes, flaking, flaked)
1.
A flake is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off a larger piece.
Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall.
...oat flakes.
N-COUNT : usu with supp , oft N of n , n N
2.
If something such as paint flakes , small thin pieces of it come off.
They can see how its colours have faded and where paint has flaked.
VERB : V
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Flake off means the same as flake .
The surface corrosion was worst where the paint had flaked off.
PHRASAL VERB : V P