1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale.
2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash.
3. A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
4. (Slang) A flaky person.

1. To cover with flakes or as if with flakes.
2. To form into flakes.