flake off

verb

To (cause to) come off in flakes.

“The apartment felt damp, and the paint on the walls was beginning to flake off.”

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Meanings

verbflake off (third-person singular simple present flakes off, present participle flaking off, simple past and past participle flaked off)

present singular third person flakes off · participle present flaking off · participle past flaked off · past flaked off

  1. ambitransitiveTo (cause to) come off in flakes.

    The apartment felt damp, and the paint on the walls was beginning to flake off.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcome off in flakes or thin small pieces

Similar
peel offpeelflake
Broader
chipchip offcome off
Also see
flakepeelpeel off

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

flake off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flake%20off

MLA

“flake off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flake%20off. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flake off,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flake%20off.

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