HANGMAN SOLVER

Proper noun

1. name, a variant of Adolph, very rarely given to children since World War II because of its association with Adolf Hitler.

adv

1. (obsolete) Level with the ground; flat.

Adverb

1. flowing

adv

1. (archaic, principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement.
2. (with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with).

noun

1. plural of alef

adv

1. (archaic) To or on the left-hand side.

noun

1. plural of alfa

noun

1. (obsolete) A cauldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.

Proper noun

1. name or Alfonso, also used as a formal given name.

noun

1. (chess, historical) bishop

noun

1. (philosophy, psychology) A primitive, subconscious belieflike attitude which may contradict one's conscious beliefs.

adv

1. (obsolete) On one's life; dearly.

noun

1. Alternative form of A-life

noun

1. plural of alif

adv

1. (nautical) In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
2. Above, overhead, in a high place; up.
3. At, to, or in the air or sky.

adj

1. Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

adv

1. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
2. Without sympathy; unfavorably.

prep

1. (obsolete) Away from; clear of.

adj

1. (dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
2. (now rare) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
3. (now rare) Struck or filled with awe or reverence.
4. (obsolete) Terror-stricken.
5. Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
6. Very bad.

adv

1. (colloquial) Awfully; dreadfully; terribly.
2. (colloquial, US, Canada) Very, extremely.

verb

1. (obsolete) to bark

adj

1. Having a broad, flattened front.
2. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
3. Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.
4. Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.

noun

1. (Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.
2. (US, dated) The card game poker.
3. (poker) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.
4. (slang, dated) An excuse.
5. A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
6. An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.
7. One who bluffs; a bluffer.

verb

1. (Manglish, Singlish) To give false information intentionally; to lie; to deceive
2. (by analogy) To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate and gain some advantage.
3. (poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one's hand is stronger than it is.
4. To fluff, puff or swell up.
5. To take advantage by bluffing.

noun

1. (nonstandard) plural of calf

noun

1. plural of clef

adj

1. split, divided, or partially divided into two.

noun

1. A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
2. A piece made by splitting.
3. An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

verb

1. (linguistics) To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."
2. simple past tense and past participle of cleave

noun

1. (figurative) A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc.
2. (music) Obsolete form of clef.
3. A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

noun

1. (obsolete) A cliff.

noun

1. (historical) An allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

noun

1. Alternative form of kloof

noun

1. plural of delf

noun

1. A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch.
2. Alternative form of Delft (“style of earthenware”)

Proper noun

1. Eifel

adj

1. Relating to or resembling an elf or elves, especially in its tiny size or features.

noun

1. A little urchin or child.
2. An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
3. Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys.

noun

1. A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
2. Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
3. Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
4. The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.

verb

1. (intransitive, archaic) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.
2. (transitive, archaic) To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable.

Proper noun

1. An island in the Azores.

noun

1. plural of fail

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fail

noun

1. A white silk vestment worn by the pope, which is a long skirt, worn over the cassock, extending beneath the hem of the alb, reaching to the ground.

noun

1. A waterfall.
2. plural of fall

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fall

adj

1. (music) Out of tune.
2. Based on factually incorrect premises.
3. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
4. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
6. Spurious, artificial.
7. Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
8. Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
9. Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.

adv

1. In a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely.

noun

1. One of two options on a true-or-false test.

verb

1. (electronics, telecommunications, of a decoder) To incorrectly decode noise as if it were a valid signal.
2. (obsolete) To counterfeit, to forge.
3. (obsolete) To make false, to corrupt from something true or real.
4. (obsolete) To violate, to betray (a promise, an agreement, one’s faith, etc.).

noun

1. (archaic) A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.

noun

1. plural of farl

adj

1. (computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.
2. Causing death or destruction.
3. Foreboding death or great disaster.
4. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.

noun

1. (computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
2. A fatality; an event that leads to death.

adv

1. In a fat way; in the manner of a fat person.

noun

1. (historical) A piece of armor worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips.
2. The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.

noun

1. (electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
2. (hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
3. (mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
4. (obsolete) want; lack
5. (seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
6. (tennis) An illegal serve.
7. A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which subjects a person or thing to increased risk of danger.
8. A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
9. A minor offense.
10. A weakness of character; a failing.
11. Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.

verb

1. (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.
2. (intransitive, computing) To undergo a page fault.
3. (intransitive, geology) To fracture.
4. (transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

adj

1. yellow or dun in colour

noun

1. (obsolete) flattery; cajolery; deceit
2. A horse of a favel or dun colour.

adj

1. Of or relating to feces.

adj

1. (colloquial) Synonym of emotional

noun

1. (archaic) plural of feel, sensory perceptions that mainly or solely involve the sense of touch
2. (colloquial) Feelings, emotions

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feel

adj

1. (dialectal) soft; smooth; velvety
2. (informal) Tending to feel things by physically touching them.

noun

1. (Polari) A child; a young person.

verb

1. (transitive) To suck semen out of a sexual partner's vagina or anus.

noun

1. (zoology) Any member of the cat family (Felidae).

noun

1. (Australian Aboriginal) Used as a general intensifier; a pfella.
2. (informal) Used as a term of address for a male person.
3. Pronunciation spelling of fellow.

noun

1. plural of fell

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fell

adv

1. (now rare) Fiercely, harshly.

adj

1. wicked; cruel

noun

1. (law) A person who has been tried and convicted of a felony.
2. (medicine) A bacterial infection at the end of a finger or toe.
3. A person who has committed a felony.
4. A wicked person.

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of felt

adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or similar to felt.

noun

1. (UK, regional) The fieldfare.

adj

1. (of a person) Contemptible, unruly, misbehaved.
2. Deadly, fatal.
3. Internet slang. Engrossed by a certain thought or behavior.
4. Of an animal, being wild but descended from domestic or captive animals.
5. Of or pertaining to the dead, funereal.
6. Wild, untamed.

noun

1. (Australia, colloquial) A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.
2. (Australia, colloquial) A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle.
3. (furry subculture) A character in furry art or literature which has the physical characteristics (body) of a regular animal (typically quadripedal), that may or may not be able to communicate with humans or anthros (contrasts anthro)
4. A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.

adj

1. (embryology) Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.

adv

1. In a fey way.

noun

1. (algebra) A commutative ring satisfying the field axioms.
2. (baseball) The outfield.
3. (baseball, obsolete) The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat).
4. (computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
5. (cricket) Archaic form of fielder.
6. (electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal
7. (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
8. (heraldry) The background of the shield.
9. (metonymically) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
10. (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
11. (usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
12. (vexillology) The background of the flag.
13. A competitive situation, circumstances in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
14. A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
15. A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
16. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
17. A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
18. A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
19. A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
20. A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
21. A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
22. An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
23. An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
24. An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
25. The extent of a given perception.
26. The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.

verb

1. (intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
2. (transitive) To answer; to address.
3. (transitive) To defeat.
4. (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
5. (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
6. (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
7. (transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
8. The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.

adj

1. Of or relating to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view.

noun

1. (obsolete) A hooked stick used to filch objects.
2. (obsolete) A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief.
3. An act of filching; larceny, theft.
4. Something which has been filched or stolen.

verb

1. (transitive) To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of file

noun

1. (computing) A software program for managing files.
2. Agent noun of file; one who files something.

noun

1. plural of file

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of file

noun

1. Alternative form of fillet

noun

1. plural of fill

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fill

noun

1. (dated) A young, attractive woman.
2. A young female horse.

noun

1. plural of film

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of film

adj

1. Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy
2. Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy
3. film-like; similar to a motion picture

noun

1. plural of filo

noun

1. (UK, derogatory, slang) The police.
2. (US, agriculture, dated) Weeds growing on pasture land.
3. (derogatory, uncountable) A vile or disgusting person.
4. Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
5. Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.

noun

1. (anatomy) a filamentous anatomical structure

adj

1. (grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
2. (linguistics) Word-final, occurring at the end of a word.
3. Conclusive; decisive.
4. Last; ultimate.
5. Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.

noun

1. (Oxbridge slang) A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
2. (US, Canada) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
3. (music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
4. (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
5. (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.

adv

1. In a fit manner

noun

1. (geography) A rocky, barren plateau, especially in Scandinavia.

noun

1. plural of flab

noun

1. (Canada, US) A publicist, a publicity agent.
2. Alternative spelling of flak.

verb

1. (Canada, US) To publicise, to promote.
2. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To hang loosely; flag.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To flutter; palpitate.
4. (transitive, UK dialectal) To beat by flapping.

noun

1. plural of flag

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flag

noun

1. A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
2. A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.

verb

1. (intransitive) To move like a flail.
2. (transitive) To beat using a flail or similar implement.
3. (transitive) To thresh.
4. (transitive) To wave or swing vigorously

verb

1. past participle of flay

noun

1. (obsolete) Olfaction; sense of smell.
2. (obsolete) Smell; odor.
3. A natural or innate talent or aptitude.
4. Distinctive style or elegance.

verb

1. (transitive) To add flair.

noun

1. (Australia) The meat of the gummy shark.
2. (UK) Dogfish.
3. (UK, dialect) A paling; a hurdle.
4. (US, law enforcement, slang) A corrupt arrest, e.g. to extort money for release or merely to fulfil a quota.
5. (archaeology) A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
6. (informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
7. (nautical) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc.
8. (nautical) Alternative form of fake (“turn or coil of cable or hawser”)
9. A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
10. A flat turn or tier of rope.
11. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
12. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
13. A scale of a fish or similar animal
14. A wire rack for drying fish.

verb

1. (Ireland, slang) To hit (another person).
2. (US, law enforcement, slang) To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest.
3. (colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
4. (technical) To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
5. To break or chip off in a flake.
6. To lay out on a flake for drying.

adj

1. (informal, of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
2. (informal, of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.
3. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

verb

1. to baste roasted meat (obsolete, Scottishhttps://archive.org/details/cu31924088038397/page/n394/mode/2up?q=flamb.

adj

1. Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.

noun

1. (Internet, somewhat dated) An aggressively insulting criticism or remark.
2. (color) A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
3. (music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.
4. A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
5. Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
6. The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
7. flame:

verb

1. (Internet, transitive, intransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
3. To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flam

adj

1. Composed of flame.
2. Flamelike, flame-colored.
3. Flaming, blazing.

noun

1. A miner's double-edged pick.

verb

1. (colloquial or dialectal, nonstandard) simple past tense of fling

adj

1. (US, nautical, of speed) Maximum. Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack.

noun

1. (anatomy) The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.
2. (cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
3. (military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
4. (military) The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
5. (soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
6. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
7. The outermost strip of a road.
8. The side of something, in general senses.

verb

1. (intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).
2. (transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.
3. (transitive) To defend the flank(s) of.
4. (transitive) To place to the side(s) of.

noun

1. plural of flan

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flan

noun

1. (farriery, archaic) A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips.
2. plural of flap

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flap

noun

1. (American football) A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.
2. (aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
3. (baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.
4. (figuratively) A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.
5. (in the plural) Bell-bottom trousers.
6. (nautical) The increase in width of most ship hulls with increasing height above the waterline.
7. (oil industry) A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery.
8. (photography) Short for lens flare.
9. A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.
10. A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.
11. A sudden bright light.
12. A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.
13. A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.
14. An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).

verb

1. (intransitive) To blaze brightly.
2. (intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
3. (intransitive, figuratively) To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly erupt in anger.
5. (intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly happen or intensify.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To be exposed to too much light.
7. (transitive) To cause inflammation; to inflame.
8. (transitive) To cause to burn; in particular, to burn off excess gas (flare gas).
9. (transitive, intransitive) To open outward in shape.
10. (transitive, intransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.

adj

1. flaring

adj

1. (British, Australia and New Zealand, slang) Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
2. (UK, of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
3. (UK, of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
4. (US, slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
5. (slang, obsolete) Relating to thieves and vagabonds.

noun

1. (Britain, Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
2. (archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
3. (colloquial, US) A flashlight; an electric torch.
4. (computing, uncountable) Clipping of flash memory.
5. (dated) A newsflash.
6. (engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
7. (figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
8. (juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
9. (linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
10. (military) A form of military insignia.
11. (photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene”).
12. (uncountable) Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.
13. A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
14. A pool.
15. A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
16. A tattoo flash (example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo).
17. A very short amount of time.
18. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
19. Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
20. The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
21. The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.

verb

1. (figurative) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
2. (intransitive) To be visible briefly.
3. (intransitive) To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
4. (intransitive) To burst out into violence.
5. (intransitive, of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
6. (juggling) To perform a flash.
7. (metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
8. (transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
9. (transitive) To make visible briefly.
10. (transitive) To send by some startling or sudden means.
11. (transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
12. (transitive, climbing) To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
13. (transitive, computing) To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
14. (transitive, glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
15. (transitive, glassmaking) To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
16. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To expose one's intimate body part or piece of clothing, often momentarily. (Contrast streak.)
17. (transitive, obsolete) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
18. (transitive, obsolete) To trick up in a showy manner.
19. To communicate quickly.
20. To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
21. To move, or cause to move, suddenly.

noun

1. (engineering) A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.
2. (sciences) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.
3. A bed in a gun carriage.
4. A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
5. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.

verb

1. (dentistry) To invest a denture in a flask so as to produce a sectional mold.

noun

1. plural of flat

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flat

noun

1. (obsolete) A flan (custard-based desert)
2. (obsolete) A pancake or hotcake.

noun

1. plural of flaw

adj

1. Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective.
2. Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.

adj

1. Like flax; flaxen.

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flay

noun

1. (medicine) Abbreviation of fluid extract.

noun

1. A small, light piece that is only loosely joined to something else, and which has a tendency to detach.
2. A thin piece that is chipped or peeled off from the surface of something else.
3. A thin piece that the flesh of some animals (such as fish) tends to break into.

verb

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) Synonym of fleck
2. (transitive, obsolete, rare) Synonym of flake (“to remove (something) in fleaks or flakes (small chips or pieces)”)

noun

1. (UK, dialectal, Northern England) A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it
2. (UK, dialectal, Northern England) The watercourse or runoff from a mill; millstream
3. A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.