I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
flakes of snow (= individual pieces of snow )
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A few flakes of snow started to fall.
paint peels/flakes
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The paint was starting to peel off the window frame.
peeling/flaking paint (= starting to come off a surface because it is old )
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She lived in a gloomy old building with peeling paint on the walls.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
white
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Two weeks later it snowed, Jay thought of the butterfly as the thick white flakes tumbled around.
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The small white styrofoam flakes rain down like light snow through the cracks.
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The white chair looks soluble, as if it might crumble, collapsing into a pile of infinitesimal white flakes .
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Penelope turned to see the white flakes emptying from the sky.
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For some reason it began in a thick snowstorm of large white flakes .
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Abruptly, in front of the charging sepoys, who were already bewildered by the densely whirling white flakes , the ground erupted.
■ NOUN
pepper
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Stir in the pepper flakes and cook for 1 minute.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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flakes of chocolate on a cake
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He's such a flake , but he's fun to work with.
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Her sunburnt skin was beginning to peel off in big flakes.
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Large white flakes of snow fell upon the cold ground.
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She brushed the flakes of dandruff from her shoulder.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Feed a diet of insects, worms, plant matter, flake food and freeze dried food.
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His corn flakes had probably gone soggy at breakfast too.
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It was noodles flavoured with flakes of dried tuna from Miyako.
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Nathan peered through the thick flakes at the wagon that serviced the plane at every stop.
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Penelope turned to see the white flakes emptying from the sky.
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The white chair looks soluble, as if it might crumble, collapsing into a pile of infinitesimal white flakes.
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Topside, the snow softened the air and a cold wind spits flakes through an open window on the bridge.
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Workers feed them daily a mix of flakes, worms, grasshoppers and freeze-dried shrimp.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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Chunks of blue-green stuff flaked off and scattered over the floor.
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He flaked off bits and robbed thern with his thumb.
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His hands now were lustrous with silvery scales flaking off ugly patches of red.
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By flaking off successive layers, the tree displays a bark of beige, cinnamon, lime green and slate blue.
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The silvered glass was faintly green in places and speckled black where the silver had flaked off the back.
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But now the plaster is flaking off , and the rotted foundation is exposed.
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I have tried watercolour, acrylics and indian inks, but they all subsequently flake off .
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The paint flaked off over the years.
out
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He'd flaked out on my bed.
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She was flaked out , as she'd said.
■ NOUN
paint
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Chipped paint , flaking walls, loose handles and the annual bathroom problem.
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The paint flaked off over the years.
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Internal decorations will be affected. Paint will blister and flake off.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Paint was flaking off the doors and window frames.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Chunks of blue-green stuff flaked off and scattered over the floor.
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Cranston led Athelstan into the Great Hall, pointing out the painted walls though some of the frescoes were beginning to flake .
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He'd flaked out on my bed.
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If it flakes or crumbles, add a little more water.
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The gold covering may be flaking away, exposing the white plaster, or gesso, underneath.
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Weeds and flaking paint obscure nuggets of history on many of the distinctive black-and-silver roadside markers.