About The Word Flay
Learn about the word Flay to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Flay definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Flay
| Flay Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Flay?
[v] strip the skin off
Synonyms | Synonyms for Flay: Related Terms | Find terms related to Flay: assail | attack | bark | berate | bleed | bleed white | blister | castigate | decorticate | defoliate | denude | deplume | despoil | dismember | displume | divest | drain | draw and quarter | dry | excoriate | exhaust | fleece | fustigate | impoverish | lacerate | lash | maim | mangle | milk | mutilate | pare | peel | pick clean | pick to pieces | pluck | pull apart | roast | scalp | scarify | scathe | scorch | scourge | shear | shred | skin | skin alive | slash | strip | strip bare | suck dry | take apart | tear apart | tear to pieces | tear to tatters | tongue-lash | trounce Flay In Webster's Dictionary \Flay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flaying}.] [OE. flean, flan, AS. fle['a]n; akin to D. vlaen,
Icel. fl[=a], Sw. fl[*a], Dan. flaae, cf. Lith. ples? to
tear, plyszti, v.i., to burst tear; perh. akin to E. flag to
flat stone, flaw.]
To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an
ox; to flay the green earth.
With her nails She 'll flay thy wolfish visage. --Shak.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Galician ‐ the dialect of Portuguese (sometimes regarded as a dialect of…
- Militarism ‐ aggressiveness that involves the threat of using…
- Gallop ‐ a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four…
- Eastern roman empire ‐ a continuation of the Roman Empire in the East after AD 330 when…
- Ironic ‐ characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between…
- Japanese barberry ‐ compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries; widespread…
- Cambodian ‐ a native or inhabitant of Cambodia [adj] of or relating to or…
- Fix-it shop ‐ a shop specializing in repairs and…
- Liverish ‐ irritable as if suffering from indigestion [adj] suffering from…
- Sheet pile ‐ a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth…