flake
/fleɪk/ verb C2- To break or chip off in a flake. · The paint flaked off after only a year.
- To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through. · He said he'd come and help, but he flaked.
- To store an item such as rope or sail in layers · The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment.
- To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest.
- To lay out on a flake for drying. · flake a fish
He/she/it flakes · Past flaked · Past participle flaked · -ing form flaking
Verb forms
- Base form
- flake
- He/she/it
- flakes
- Past
- flaked
- Past participle
- flaked
- -ing form
- flaking
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