~ 1
■ noun
1》 a small, flat, very thin piece of something.
↘ Archaeology a piece of hard stone chipped off for use as a tool.
2》 a snow~.
3》 N. Amer. informal a crazy or eccentric person.
■ verb
1》 come away from a surface in ~s.
2》 split into ~s.
Derivatives
~d adjective
Origin
ME: the immediate source is unknown, the senses perh. deriving from different words; prob. of Gmc origin and related to flag 2 and flaw 1 .
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~ 2
■ noun a rack for storing or drying food such as fish.
Origin
ME (denoting a wicker hurdle): perh. of Scand. origin.
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~ 3
■ verb ( ~ out ) informal fall asleep; drop from exhaustion.
Origin
C15 (in the senses 'become languid' and (of a garment) 'fall in folds'): var. of obs. flack and flag 4 .
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~ 4
(also fake ) Nautical
■ noun a single turn of a coiled rope or hawser.
■ verb lay (a rope) in loose coils in order to prevent it tangling.
↘lay (a sail) down in folds either side of the boom.
Origin
C17: of unknown origin.