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To break or chip off in a flake. / (colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through. / (technical) To store an item such as rope or sail in layers

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flake

IPA（発音記号）

/fleɪk/

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口語アイルランド英語俗語アメリカ英語

To break or chip off in a flake. / (colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through. / (technical) To store an item such as rope or sail in layers

日本語の意味

欠片状に割れる、または欠片状に削れる / （口語）信頼できない、約束を守らない、不実である / （口語）放棄する、見捨てる / （技術的）ロープやセイルなどを層状に収納する

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When the dry plaster begins to flake, small chips fall to the floor.

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乾いた漆喰が薄片状にはがれ始めると、小さな欠片が床に落ちる。

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意味（1）

To break or chip off in a flake.

The paint flaked off after only a year.

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意味（2）

(colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

He said he'd come and help, but he flaked.

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意味（3）

(technical) To store an item such as rope or sail in layers

The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment.

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意味（4）

(Ireland, slang) To hit (another person).

意味（5）

(US, law enforcement, slang) To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest.

When police decided to score gamblers, they would most often flake people with gambling slips, then demand $25 or $50 for not arresting them. Other times, they would simply threaten a flake and demand money.

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