FLAKE

Meaning of FLAKE in English

phony, not real

The salesman was a flake. What he said was phony.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

FLAKE — I. ˈflāk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English flake, fleke, from Old Norse flaki, fleki hurdle; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLAKE — (n.) A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a …
Английский словарь Webster
FLAKE — flake 1 — flakeless , adj. — flaker , n. /flayk/ , n. , v. , flaked, flaking . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLAKE — I. ˈflāk noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English flacor flying (of arrows), Old Norse flakna to flake off, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLAKE — noun a paling; a hurdle. 2. flake ·vt to form into flakes. 3. flake ·vi to separate in flakes; to …
Webster English vocab
FLAKE — [flake] n [ME, of Scand origin; akin to Norw flak disk] (14c) 1: a small loose mass or bit "snow …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLAKE — flake BrE AmE fleɪk ▷ flaked fleɪkt ▷ flakes fleɪks ▷ flaking ˈfleɪk ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLAKE — / fleɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a small, very thin layer or piece of sth, especially …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLAKE — I. flake 1 /fleɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: From a Scandinavian language; related to Norwegian …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLAKE — Flake BrE AmE ( also Cadbury's Flake ) trademark a type of chocolate bar made by the Cadbury company which …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a small thin light piece of snow. b a similar piece of another material. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLAKE — n. & v. n. 1 a a small thin light piece of snow. b a similar piece of another material. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLAKE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a a small thin light piece of snow. b a similar piece of another …
Oxford English vocab
FLAKE — ( flakes, flaking, flaked) 1. A flake is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLAKE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES flakes of snow (= individual pieces of snow ) ▪ A few flakes of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLAKE — n. 1 snowflake; scale, chip, bit, piece, scrap, particle, tuft, flock, scurf, fragment, shaving, sliver; wafer, lamina, Technical squama A …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FLAKE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) мн. хлопья flake of snow ≈ снежинка б) пушинка Syn : flock 2) напластование, пласт, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLAKE — flake.ogg _I 1. fleık n 1. 1> лёгкий или пушистый комок, клочок ( чего-л. ) flake of snow - снежинка …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLAKE — I flake сущ.1) а) мн. ч. хлопья flake of snow — снежинка б) пушинка Syn:flock 2) напластование, пласт, ряд, слой …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FLAKE — _I 1. fleık n 1. 1> лёгкий или пушистый комок, клочок ( чего-л. ) flake of snow - снежинка flake …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FLAKE — I fleɪk 1. сущ. 1) а) мн. хлопья flake of snow — снежинка б) пушинка Syn: flock 2) напластование, пласт, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FLAKE — I [§®ўЎ°] flake.wav 1. сущ. 1) а) мн. хлопья flake of snow — снежинка б) пушинка Syn: flock 2) напластование, пласт, ряд, слой Syn: lamina, layer, stratum 3) кусочек какой-либо ткани, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FLAKE — _I 1. _n. 1> _pl. хлопья - flake of snow 2> слой, ряд 3> чешуйка 2. _v. 1> падать, сыпать(ся) …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FLAKE — I 1. n. 1. pl. хлопья - flake of snow 2. слой, ряд 3. чешуйка 2. v. 1. падать, сыпать(ся) …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FLAKE — _I fleɪk 1. _n. 1> _pl. хлопья; flake of snow снежинка 2> слой, ряд 3> чешуйка 2. _v. 1> падать, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
FLAKE — I n AmE 1) infml In the last three years the team has acquired an amount of flake in the person of …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
FLAKE — I n AmE 1) infml In the last three years the team has acquired an amount of flake in the …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
FLAKE — flake n AmE 1. infml In the last three years the team has acquired an amount of flake in the …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
FLAKE — I 1) In the last three years the team has acquired an amount of flake in the person of its …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
FLAKE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) мн. хлопья flake of snow ≈ снежинка б) пушинка Syn : flock 2) напластование, пласт, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLAKE — flocc; (metal) lámine; v. exfoliar
English interlingue dictionary
FLAKE — dahondahon
English-Visayan vocabulary
FLAKE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English flacor flying (of arrows), Old Norse flakna to ~ off, split …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLAKE — (n.) A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable.
Английский словарь Webster
FLAKE — (v. i.) To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
Английский словарь Webster
FLAKE — (v. t.) To form into flakes.
Английский словарь Webster
FLAKE — (n.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
Английский словарь Webster
FLAKE — (n.) A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash.
Английский словарь Webster
FLAKE — (n.) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
FLAKE — (n.) A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other …
Английский словарь Webster
FLAKE — (n.) A paling; a hurdle.
Английский словарь Webster
FLAKE — v. peel; chip; come off in small pieces; form into flakes; cover with flakes
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLAKE — n. small piece, fragment, chip; stratum; strange person (Slang); cocaine (Slang); frame for drying fish
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLAKE — n. Function: noun Etymology: perhaps from flake out Date: 1964 : a person who is flaky : ODDBALL
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FLAKE — n. Function: noun Etymology: Middle English flake, fleke hurdle; akin to Middle Dutch vl ā ke, vlaec hurdle, Old Norse …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FLAKE — n. Function: verb Inflected Form: flaked ; flak · ing Date: 1602 transitive verb 1 : to cover with or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FLAKE — n. Pronunciation: ' fl ā k Function: noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English flacor flying (of arrows), Old …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FLAKE — ~ 1 ■ noun 1》 a small, flat, very thin piece of something. ↘ Archaeology a piece of hard stone …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FLAKE — n. 1 a stage for drying fish etc. 2 a rack for storing oatcakes etc. [ME, perh. f. ON flaki, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLAKE — n. 1 a stage for drying fish etc. 2 a rack for storing oatcakes etc. [ ME, perh. f. ON …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLAKE — (~s, flaking, ~d) 1. A ~ is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FLAKE — out [phrasal verb] [I] -ier, -iest [informal] - to sleep or feel weak because of extreme tirednessThe children flaked out …
Cambridge English vocab
FLAKE — Synonyms and related words : aliene, arrange in layers, avalanche, band, bar, bedlamite, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, bit, blizzard, blotch, borderline …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLAKE — {n.}, {slang}, {drug culture} A disjointed, or "flaky" person, who is forgetful and incoherent, as if under the influence of …
Slang English vocab
FLAKE — I . n. Scale, lamina, layer. II . v. n. Scale, scale off, come off in ~s.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
FLAKE — verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
FLAKE — verb Flake is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ paint
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FLAKE — See ↑ PIECE 5
Longman Activator English vocab
FLAKE — n. 25A0; flake out (informal) she flaked out in her chair : FALL ASLEEP, go to sleep, drop off; collapse, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLAKE — n. 25B6; noun flakes of pastry : SLIVER, wafer, shaving, paring; chip, scale, spillikin; fragment, scrap, shred; technical lamina. 25B6; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLAKE — {n.}, {slang}, {drug culture} A disjointed, or "flaky" person, who is forgetful and incoherent, as if under the influence of …
Словарь английских идиом
FLAKE — phony, not real The salesman was a flake. What he said was phony.
English Idioms vocab
FLAKE — Хлопья
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FLAKE — 1) чешуйка, пластинка || отслаиваться чешуйками; шелушиться 2) мн. ч. хлопья; флокены ( в стали ) 3) пищ. хлопьевидная частица; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

English Idioms vocabulary

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