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Flay

//fleɪ//

Definitions

verbflays · flaying · flayed · flaid · flew · flain

1
To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
2
To frighten; scare; terrify.
If they'd let me have my way, I could have flayed him into shape
3
To strip the skin off; to skin.
The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin.
Similar
fleece flense skin

nounflays

1
A fright; a scare.
2
Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.

nameFlays

1
A surname.

Word Origin

From Middle English flayen, flaien, fleien, from Old English *flīeġan ("to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"; found only in compounds: āflīeġan), from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną (“to let fly, cau...

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