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flake

[fleɪk] брит. / амер.

1. сущ.
  1. (flakes) хлопья
  2. пушинка
  3. напластование, пласт, ряд, слой
  4. чешуйка
  5. кусок кожи
  6. плавучая льдина
2. гл.
  1. 1. падать, сыпаться хлопьями
    2. покрывать всё хлопьями (например, снега)
  2. = flake away, = flake off отслаиваться, шелушиться; откалываться
сущ.
1. сушилка для рыбы
2. мор. люлька для работы за бортом
3. мор. бухта (кабеля)

Biology (En-Ru)

flake

тонкий слой; расслаиваться; отслаиваться, шелушиться
pl хлопья; выпадать в виде хлопьев
плавучая льдина

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Outside, snow was still threatening, but not a flake in sight.
Небо за окном еще с утра обещало разродиться снегопадом, да все никак не решалось.
Murakami, Haruki / Dance, dance, danceМураками, Харуки / Дэнс, дэнс, дэнс
Дэнс, дэнс, дэнс
Мураками, Харуки
© Haruki Murakami 1991 "Dansu, dansu, dansu"
© Дмитрий Коваленин, 2001
Dance, dance, dance
Murakami, Haruki
© 1994 by Kodansha International Ltd.

Every cent of it, yes, and every flake of other galactic currencies we could round up was sent with Major Daum, to buy that cargo—"
Все, до последнего цента — вкупе с другой галактической валютой, которую удалось наскрести, — майор Даум истратил на покупку груза.
Bujold, Lois McMaster / The Warrior's ApprenticeБуджолд, Лоис Макмастер / Ученик воина
Ученик воина
Буджолд, Лоис Макмастер
© Copyright Lois McMaster Bujold, 1986
© перевод С. Роя, С. Курдюкова, 1995
The Warrior's Apprentice
Bujold, Lois McMaster
© Copyright Lois McMaster Bujold, 1986

It was possible to imagine a thousand film ghosts, scared by gunshot whispers, soaring to flake the ceiling and vanish in the vents.
Можно было вообразить, как тысяча киношных призраков, вспугнутых огнестрельным шепотом, взмывает к потолку и просачивается в вентиляционные отверстия.
Bradbury, Ray / Let's All Kill ConstanceБрэдбери, Рэй / Давайте все убьем Констанцию
Давайте все убьем Констанцию
Брэдбери, Рэй
© 2003 by Ray Bradbury
© Л. Брилова, перевод с английского, 2008
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
Let's All Kill Constance
Bradbury, Ray
© 2003 by Ray Bradbury

He may have been a flake and a crank, and his daughter may have been nothing more than a very attractive back-to-front jacket case, but I couldn’t deny that the two of them had a certain charm.
Да, возможно, он слегка того, а доченька его – не более чем смазливая фифа, вывернутая мехом внутрь. Однако я не мог отрицать очевидного факта: эта парочка определенно обладала каким-то шармом.
Laurie, Hugh / The Gun SellerЛори, Хью / Торговец пушками
Торговец пушками
Лори, Хью
© Александр Рахуба, перевод, 2009
© "Фантом Пресс", издание, 2009
© Hugh Laurie, The Gun Seller, 1996
The Gun Seller
Laurie, Hugh
© 1996 by Hugh Laurie

'Not steal. Attract is the word. Of course they do. I'm good-I only attract ultramarine; but there are students who'd attract flake-white.'
— Не воруют, а присваивают, — поправила она, — ну, конечно! Я была благородна, я присваивала только ультрамарин, а есть и такие, что присваивают даже белила — цинковые белила.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погас
Свет погас
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915
The Light That Failed
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© 2011 by Victorian Secrets

“A Flemish flake is a spiral coil of one layer only.
Фламандская бухта — спиральный моток веревки в один слой.
Proulx, Annie / The Shipping NewsПрул, Энни / Корабельные новости
Корабельные новости
Прул, Энни
© 1993 by Annie Proulx
© Издание на русском языке, перевод. ЗАО ТИД "Амфора", 2005
The Shipping News
Proulx, Annie
© 1993 by Annie Proulx

Her Kesh took aside, and laid her sharp flake of knife-stone against her throat and let her see her people die-let her see the hunters bind the women and the children.
Кеш отвела ее в сторону и, приставив острый каменный нож к ее горлу, заставила смотреть, как умирает ее клан, как охотники связывают женщин и детей.
Duane, Diane / Spock's WorldДуэйн, Диана / Мир Спока
Мир Спока
Дуэйн, Диана
Spock's World
Duane, Diane
© 1988 Paramount Pictures

In the courtyard the snow was falling in large flakes.
На улице крупными хлопьями падал снег.
Gulik, Robert van / The Chinese Nail MurdersГулик, Роберт ван / Убийство гвоздями
Убийство гвоздями
Гулик, Роберт ван
© 1961 by Robert van Gulik
© Перевод, ЗАО "Издательство "Центрполиграф", 2002
The Chinese Nail Murders
Gulik, Robert van
© 1961 by Robert van Gulik

She picked up her satchel and led the way along a passage into the kitchen. There was an old deal table in the middle of the room, thick with fallen flakes of plaster; she began to clear the plaster off.
Она взяла сумку и коридором прошла в кухню, посреди которой расположился старый дощатый стол, густо усыпанный хлопьями побелки.
Waters, Sarah / The Night WatchУотерс, Сара / Ночной дозор
Ночной дозор
Уотерс, Сара
© 2006 by Sarah Waters
© А. Сафронов, перевод с английского, 2008
© Издание на русском языке, ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2008
The Night Watch
Waters, Sarah
© 2006 by Sarah Waters

They were forbidden to speak to each other— Rasther made them undress and enter the basin flaked.
Говорить с ними запрещалось... Рашер заставил их раздеться и войти в бассейн.
Delarue, Jacques / The Gestapo: A History of HorrorДеларю, Жак / История гестапо
История гестапо
Деларю, Жак
© Перевод на русский язык Издательская группа «Прогресс» 1992
© 1962, «Fayard»
The Gestapo: A History of Horror
Delarue, Jacques
© Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2008
©Jacques Delarue, 2008

He lay down to sleep without supper, in the middle of a field between two furrows. The snow fell in large flakes.
Он лег спать без ужина посреди полей, между двумя бороздами; снег падал большими хлопьями.
Voltaire / CandideВольтер / Кандид
Кандид
Вольтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1965
Candide
Voltaire
© 1918 by BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC.

Rare white flakes ever and again came eddying down.
Редкие белые хлопья медленно падали на землю.
Wells, Herbert George / Time MachineУэллс, Герберт / Машина Времени
Машина Времени
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1972
Time Machine
Wells, Herbert George
© Evans Brothers Limited 2002

and the lenses of his glasses so magnified them that the tiny flakes of dandruff caught in his lashes looked almost as big as pebbles.
Линзы очков были настолько сильными, что крошечная частичка перхоти, застрявшая на реснице, казалась головастиком.
King, Stephen / InsomniaКинг, Стивен / Бессонница
Бессонница
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 1994
© Перевод. Т.Ю. Покидаева, 2003
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2003
Insomnia
King, Stephen
© Stephen King, 1994

There was no frost, and the snow was already melting on the roofs, though it was still falling in big flakes; they were whirling rapidly round and round in the air and chasing one another in white clouds along the railway line.
Мороза не было, и уже таяло на крышах, но шел крупный снег; он быстро кружился в воздухе, и белые облака его гонялись друг за другом по полотну дороги.
Чехов, А.П. / УбийствоChekhov, A. / The murder
The murder
Chekhov, A.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Убийство
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974

He was cold, it was early in November, and the snow was falling in big wet flakes, melting as soon as it touched the earth.
Только холодно будто бы Мите, в начале ноябрь и снег валит крупными мокрыми хлопьями, а падая на землю тотчас тает.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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fleɪkNounхлопьяExamples

flake of snow — снежинка

User translations

Noun

1.
псих; отщепенец
translation added by deFlNE .
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The part of speech is not specified

1.
Один лепесток из множества-Corn flakes-кукурузные хлопья.Snow flake-снежинка.
translation added by Валерий Коротоношко
Gold en-ru
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2.
хлопья
translation added by Aigul Aigul
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3.
чешуйка. Corn flake - кукурузные хлопья
translation added by Variozo
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4.
если неформально о ком-то - безответсвенный ненадежный человек, "кидалово", или просто чудак
translation added by Natalia C
Bronze en-ru
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5.
пласт/слой
translation added by Andrew Suvorov
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Collocations

end-flake

нейромускулярный синапс

end-flake

нервно-мышечное соединение

end-flake

нервно-мышечный синапс

flake board

древесностружечная плита

flake board

ДСП

flake camphor

нафталин

flake composite

композиционный материал с чешуйчатым наполнителем

flake graphite

чешуйчатый графит

flake graphite form

чешуйка графита

flake graphite iron

чугун с хлопьевидным графитом

flake nickel

лепестковый никель

flake out

засыпать

flake out

слабеть

flake out

терять сознание

flake tin

чешуйчатое олово

Word forms

flake

verb

Basic forms
Past	flaked
Imperative	flake
Present Participle (Participle I)	flaking
Past Participle (Participle II)	flaked

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I flake	we flake
you flake	you flake
he/she/it flakes	they flake

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am flaking	we are flaking
you are flaking	you are flaking
he/she/it is flaking	they are flaking

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have flaked	we have flaked
you have flaked	you have flaked
he/she/it has flaked	they have flaked

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been flaking	we have been flaking
you have been flaking	you have been flaking
he/she/it has been flaking	they have been flaking

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I flaked	we flaked
you flaked	you flaked
he/she/it flaked	they flaked

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was flaking	we were flaking
you were flaking	you were flaking
he/she/it was flaking	they were flaking

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had flaked	we had flaked
you had flaked	you had flaked
he/she/it had flaked	they had flaked

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been flaking	we had been flaking
you had been flaking	you had been flaking
he/she/it had been flaking	they had been flaking

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will flake	we shall/will flake
you will flake	you will flake
he/she/it will flake	they will flake

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be flaking	we shall/will be flaking
you will be flaking	you will be flaking
he/she/it will be flaking	they will be flaking

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have flaked	we shall/will have flaked
you will have flaked	you will have flaked
he/she/it will have flaked	they will have flaked

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been flaking	we shall/will have been flaking
you will have been flaking	you will have been flaking
he/she/it will have been flaking	they will have been flaking

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would flake	we should/would flake
you would flake	you would flake
he/she/it would flake	they would flake

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be flaking	we should/would be flaking
you would be flaking	you would be flaking
he/she/it would be flaking	they would be flaking

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have flaked	we should/would have flaked
you would have flaked	you would have flaked
he/she/it would have flaked	they would have flaked

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been flaking	we should/would have been flaking
you would have been flaking	you would have been flaking
he/she/it would have been flaking	they would have been flaking

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am flaked	we are flaked
you are flaked	you are flaked
he/she/it is flaked	they are flaked

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being flaked	we are being flaked
you are being flaked	you are being flaked
he/she/it is being flaked	they are being flaked

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been flaked	we have been flaked
you have been flaked	you have been flaked
he/she/it has been flaked	they have been flaked

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was flaked	we were flaked
you were flaked	you were flaked
he/she/it was flaked	they were flaked

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being flaked	we were being flaked
you were being flaked	you were being flaked
he/she/it was being flaked	they were being flaked

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been flaked	we had been flaked
you had been flaked	you had been flaked
he/she/it had been flaked	they had been flaked

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be flaked	we shall/will be flaked
you will be flaked	you will be flaked
he/she/it will be flaked	they will be flaked

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been flaked	we shall/will have been flaked
you will have been flaked	you will have been flaked
he/she/it will have been flaked	they will have been flaked

flake

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	flake	flakes
Possessive case	flake's	flakes'

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flake

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