flake

«flake» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A small, thin, flat piece of something, like a snowflake… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a flake, flakes); verb (flake, flakes, flaked, flaking); verb (flake out — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) A small, thin, flat piece of something, like a snowflake or a flake of paint. tree →

2) (verb) To come off in small thin pieces: «The paint is flaking». tree →

3) (verb) To break cooked fish or food into small pieces. tree →

4) (informal noun) A person who often forgets or breaks plans. tree →

5) (informal verb, flake out / flake on) To not do what you promised, or to fall asleep from tiredness. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Job the flakes of flesh describe the Leviathan, a mighty sea creature. Tradition reads it as a sign of God's power in creation. In the primary lessons: In science: snowflakes are ice crystals, and every one is a six-sided shape. In everyday life: cornflakes, chocolate flakes, flakes of dry skin, peeling paint. Informal: «Don't flake on me!» means «Don't let me down». Phrases: «snowflake», «cornflakes», «paint flakes off», «flake out».

examples

• The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved. (Writings JOB.41.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• A snowflake landed on my glove. tree →
• The old paint on the fence is flaking off. tree →
• I had a bowl of cornflakes for breakfast. tree →
• Flake the cooked fish with a fork. tree →
• Dry skin can come off in tiny flakes. tree →
• He said he would come but he flaked at the last minute. tree →
• After the long hike, I flaked out on the sofa. tree →
• We put a chocolate flake in the ice cream. tree →
• The snow-flakes grew larger and larger, till at last they looked just like great white fowls. tree →

note

Verb: flake, flaked, flaking (drop e). Calling a person «a flake» is informal and a bit rude. Myth: «no two snowflakes are alike» is very likely true for big ones, but nobody can check every flake.

In the corpora

• The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
• Many people are allergic to proteins in pet skin flakes and saliva, which cause sneezing and itchy eyes.
• Skin under a cast itches because it is sweaty and dead skin cells cannot flake off.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «flake» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.