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flake off

/fleɪk ɒf/

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verb

/fleɪk ɒf/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения процесса отделения мелких тонких кусочков от поверхности или их отслаивания слоями.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of small, thin pieces breaking away from a surface or falling off in layers.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. Peel or come off in small piecesinformal

    To come off a surface in thin, small pieces.

    ruОтслаиваться

    • The paint is starting to flake off the wall.
    • Dry skin can flake off after sunburn.
    • The old plaster flaked off the ceiling.

    Synonymschip offexfoliatepeel offshedslough off

Forms
  • flaked off past participle
  • flaked off past simple
  • flaking off present participle
  • flakes off third person singular

Base verbflake

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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