English Explanatory Dictionary

fleak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of flake.
  2. A small, light piece that is only loosely joined to something else, and which has a tendency to detach.
  3. A thin piece that is chipped or peeled off from the surface of something else.
  4. A thin piece that the flesh of some animals (such as fish) tends to break into.
verb
  1. Synonym of flake (“to remove (something) in fleaks or flakes (small chips or pieces)”).
verb
  1. Synonym of fleck.

Pronunciation

/fliːk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fleak.wav /flik/

Word forms

fleak fleaks fleaking fleaked

Etymology

A variant of flake (noun, verb).

Synonyms

chip splinter bit chunk clip crumb crumbling cutting flake fleak fragment hunk lump mammock ort piece piecemeal portion scrap scraplet slice snead snippet steck fleck
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