What part of speech is flayed?

Flayed can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. flayed is a verb, past participle of flay (infinitive).
  • 2. flayed is a verb, past simple of flay (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does flayed mean?

Definitions

Verb

flay - strip the skin off

Examples of flayed

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1. verb The bodies were found decapitated and with the skin flayed.
2. verb Never did wolf rob me of a single one of my goats, but now marauders have carried away my entire herd, and the shepherdess, my companion, with them. My goats will be flayed, the sheep will be sacrificed, and Chloe will henceforth be confined in some city far away!
3. verb Rabbi Akiva recited the Shema as he was flayed by the Romans.
4. verb All straightway gird them to the feast. These flay / the ribs and thighs, and lay the entrails bare. / Those slice the flesh, and split the quivering prey, / and tend the fires and set the cauldrons in array.
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verb
The bodies were found decapitated and with the skin flayed.
Never did wolf rob me of a single one of my goats, but now marauders have carried away my entire herd, and the shepherdess, my companion, with them. My goats will be flayed, the sheep will be sacrificed, and Chloe will henceforth be confined in some city far away!
Rabbi Akiva recited the Shema as he was flayed by the Romans.
All straightway gird them to the feast. These flay / the ribs and thighs, and lay the entrails bare. / Those slice the flesh, and split the quivering prey, / and tend the fires and set the cauldrons in array.

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