scheggiare — meaning in English

English meaning

• flake noun A small, thin, flat piece that has broken off something larger.
• splinter noun A thin, sharp fragment broken off from a larger piece, often wood.

Senses

scheggiare is used for these senses in English:

• flake (colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
• splinter (transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
• splinter (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.

flake — full definition

1. noun A small, thin, flat piece that has broken off something larger.
2. noun An unreliable person who often cancels plans or fails to follow through.
3. verb To back out of plans or fail to follow through on a commitment.
4. verb To break off in small thin pieces.

splinter — full definition

1. noun A thin, sharp fragment broken off from a larger piece, often wood.
2. noun A smaller group that has broken away from a larger organization.
3. verb To break, or cause to break, into thin sharp pieces.
4. verb To break apart into smaller factions.

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