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- verbflay (verb) · flays (third person present) · flayed (past tense) · flayed (past participle) · flaying (present participle)
- peel the skin off (a corpse or carcass):"one shoulder had been flayed to reveal the muscles"
- peel (the skin) off a corpse or carcass:"she flayed the white skin from the flesh"
- whip or beat (someone) so harshly as to remove their skin:"Matthew flayed them viciously with a branch"
- criticize severely and brutally:"he flayed the government for not moving fast enough on economic reform"
OriginOld English flēan, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch vlaen.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- peel the skin off (a corpse or carcass):
- whip or beat (someone) so harshly as to remove their skin:
- criticize severely and brutally:
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- Flay means to strip off the skin or surface of12. It can also mean to criticize harshly1. The word is used in the phrase "flayed by the media" to describe someone who has been harshly criticized by the media1. In some UK dialects, flay can also mean to cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening) or to frighten; scare; terrify3.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.
1 : to strip off the skin or surface of : skin The hunter flayed the rabbit and prepared it for cooking. 2 : to criticize harshly : excoriate He was flayed by the media for his controversial comments. Recent Examples on the Web For his part, Mr. Cunningham is happy to flay Mr. Tillis, but has little appetite to elevate the national stakes.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flayflay (flā) tr.v. flayed, flay·ing, flays 1. To strip off the skin or outer covering of.www.thefreedictionary.com/flayflay (third-person singular simple present flays, present participle flaying, simple past and past participle flayed) (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flay Explore further
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