fleak

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fliːk/ (General American) IPA(key): /flik/ Homophone: fleek Rhymes: -iːk === Etymology 1 === A variant of flake (noun, verb). ==== Noun ==== fleak (plural fleaks) (obsolete except UK, dialectal) Synonym of flake. A small, light piece that is only loosely joined to something else, and which has a tendency to detach. A thin piece that is chipped or peeled off from the surface of something else. Synonyms: chip, splinter; see also Thesaurus:piece A thin piece that the flesh of some animals (such as fish) tends to break into. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== fleak (third-person singular simple present fleaks, present participle fleaking, simple past and past participle fleaked) (transitive, obsolete, rare) Synonym of flake (“to remove (something) in fleaks or flakes (small chips or pieces)”). === Etymology 2 === A variant of fleck (verb). ==== Verb ==== fleak (third-person singular simple present fleaks, present participle fleaking, simple past and past participle fleaked) (ambitransitive, obsolete) Synonym of fleck. === References === === Anagrams === Flake, flake