Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beflake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-flake
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To take off an external layer; skin in thin flakes.

Transitive verb

verb

To deck or cover with or as with flakes.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"For already close at hand the Argive host in full array marches and scours along, and the whitening foam beflakes the plain with drops from the deep breath of the steeds."
"She moved to crouch motionless beside a chimney, while the couple she had just detected materialized in a slow descent out of the beflaked air to another roof only half a block away."

Etymology

From be- + flake.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

beflakes (present, singular) beflaking (participle, present) beflaked (participle, past) beflaked (past)

Questions

What does beflake mean?: To take off an external layer; skin in thin flakes.
Where does beflake come from?: From be- + flake.

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