FLAKE OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flake off mean? 

• FLAKE OFF (verb)
  The verb FLAKE OFF has 1 sense:

1. come off in flakes or thin small pieces

  Familiarity information: FLAKE OFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAKE OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come off in flakes or thin small pieces

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

flake; flake off; peel; peel off

Context example:

The paint in my house is peeling off

Hypernyms (to "flake off" is one way to...):

break away; break off; chip; chip off; come off (break off (a piece from a whole))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s