What is flake?

More definitions of "flake":

• (verb): Cover with flakes or as if with flakes.

• (verb): Come off in flakes or thin small pieces.
  Synonyms: peel off, peel, flake off

• (noun): A crystal of snow.
  Synonyms: snowflake

• (noun): A person with an unusual or odd personality.
  Synonyms: eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, geek

• (verb): Form into flakes.
  Example: "The substances started to flake"

Famous quotes containing the word flake:

“Fear not: that ultimate Star is frail,
only a flake of snow,
whirled in His breath.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)