Flay

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To strip off the skin or outer covering of.
  • v. To strip of money or goods; fleece.
  • v. To whip or lash.
  • v. To assail with stinging criticism; excoriate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
  • v. To frighten; scare; terrify.
  • v. To be fear-stricken.
  • n. A fright; a scare.
  • n. Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.
  • v. to strip skin off
  • v. to lash
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To skin; strip off the skin of: as, to flay an ox.
  • To strip off, in a general sense.
  • To cause to fly; put to flight.
  • To frighten.
  • To be fear-struck.
  • n. Fright; fear.
  • n. A kick; a random blow; a fit of ill humor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. strip the skin off
  • Verb Form
    flayed    flaying    flays   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pare    peel    skin   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    flayed    flaying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    skin    criticize   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    A    A.    Bay    Bombay    Bua    Ca    Cabernet    Calais    Cathay    Chevrolet