Definition of flays Flays

We found 1 definitions of flays from 1 different sources.

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What does flays mean?

Part of speech

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  • flays, verb, present, 3rd person singular of flay (infinitive).

WordNet

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Verb

flays, flaying, flaid  

flay - strip the skin off
  peel, pare, skin decrease gradually or bit by bit
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • flay (v. t.)
    To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • flay
    flā, v.t. to strip off the skin:—pr.p. flay′ing; pa.p. flayed.—ns. Flay′er; Flay′-flint, a skinflint. [A.S fléan; Ice. flá, to skin.]

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

  • flay
    No man can flay a stone.

Part of speech

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  • flay, verb, present, 1st person singular of flay (infinitive).
  • flay, verb (infinitive).

Pronunciation

Sign Language

flays in sign language
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