A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, paint, or fish
As it relates to the condition of a marble determining value A sign of damage, a small portion that's missing from the surface of a glass marble Smaller that a chip (see ) A flake will reduce the value of a marble Slang, an unreliable hobbyist
A fragment removed from a core or nucleus of cryptocrystaline or fine-grained rock by percussion or pressure May be used as a tool with no further deliberate modification, may be RETOUCHED, or may serve as a PREFORM for further reduction
A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash
A thin, semi detached segment of rock that could conceivably fully detach during a climb Depending on the circumstances, a failing flake can cause a climber to "tomato-out" (see below)
cover with flakes or as if with flakes form into flakes; "The substances started to flake