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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#m1)

2) (verb) To come off in small thin pieces: «The paint is flaking». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#m2)

3) (verb) To break cooked fish or food into small pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#m3)

4) (informal noun) A person who often forgets or breaks plans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#m4)

5) (informal verb, flake out / flake on) To not do what you promised, or to fall asleep from tiredness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#x1)
- A snowflake landed on my glove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#x2)
- The old paint on the fence is flaking off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#x3)
- I had a bowl of cornflakes for breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#x4)
- Flake the cooked fish with a fork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#x5)
- Dry skin can come off in tiny flakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#x6)
- He said he would come but he flaked at the last minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#x7)
- After the long hike, I flaked out on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#x8)
- We put a chocolate flake in the ice cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#x9)
- The snow-flakes grew larger and larger, till at last they looked just like great white fowls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/#x10)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1146/)
- [Many people are allergic to proteins in pet skin flakes and saliva, which cause sneezing and itchy eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/9/)
- [Skin under a cast itches because it is sweaty and dead skin cells cannot flake off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flake» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flake/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.