flay

F0176600 (flā)tr.v. flayed, flay·ing, flays 1. To strip off the skin or outer covering of.2. To strip of money or goods; fleece.3. To whip or lash.4. To assail with stinging criticism; excoriate.

[Middle English flen, from Old English flēan.]

flay′er n.

flay

(fleɪ) vb (tr) 1. to strip off the skin or outer covering of, esp by whipping; skin2. to attack with savage criticism3. to strip of money or goods, esp by cheating or extortion[Old English flēan; related to Old Norse flā to peel, Lithuanian plešti to tear] ˈflayer n

flay

(fleɪ)

v.t. 1. to strip off the skin or outer covering of, as by whipping. 2. to criticize or scold with scathing severity. 3. to lash. [before 900; Middle English flen, Old English flēan] flay′er, n.

flay

Past participle: flayed
Gerund: flaying

Imperative
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Present
I flay
you flay
he/she/it flays
we flay
you flay
they flay

Preterite
I flayed
you flayed
he/she/it flayed
we flayed
you flayed
they flayed

Present Continuous
I am flaying
you are flaying
he/she/it is flaying
we are flaying
you are flaying
they are flaying

Present Perfect
I have flayed
you have flayed
he/she/it has flayed
we have flayed
you have flayed
they have flayed

Past Continuous
I was flaying
you were flaying
he/she/it was flaying
we were flaying
you were flaying
they were flaying

Past Perfect
I had flayed
you had flayed
he/she/it had flayed
we had flayed
you had flayed
they had flayed

Future
I will flay
you will flay
he/she/it will flay
we will flay
you will flay
they will flay

Future Perfect
I will have flayed
you will have flayed
he/she/it will have flayed
we will have flayed
you will have flayed
they will have flayed

Future Continuous
I will be flaying
you will be flaying
he/she/it will be flaying
we will be flaying
you will be flaying
they will be flaying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been flaying
you have been flaying
he/she/it has been flaying
we have been flaying
you have been flaying
they have been flaying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been flaying
you will have been flaying
he/she/it will have been flaying
we will have been flaying
you will have been flaying
they will have been flaying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been flaying
you had been flaying
he/she/it had been flaying
we had been flaying
you had been flaying
they had been flaying

Conditional
I would flay
you would flay
he/she/it would flay
we would flay
you would flay
they would flay

Past Conditional
I would have flayed
you would have flayed
he/she/it would have flayed
we would have flayed
you would have flayed
they would have flayed

Thesaurus

Verb

flay - strip the skin offpeel, pare, skin - strip the skin off; "pare apples"

flay

verb1. skin, strip, peel, scrape, excoriate, remove the skin from to flay the flesh away from his muscles2. upbraid, slam (slang), castigate, revile, tear into (informal), diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), excoriate, tear a strip off, execrate, pull to pieces (informal), give a tongue-lashing, criticize severely, flame (informal) The critics flayed him with accusations of misanthropy.

flay

verbTo criticize harshly and devastatingly:blister, drub, excoriate, lash, rip into, scarify, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slap, slash.Informal: roast.Slang: slam.Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to.

Translations

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Synonyms for flay

verb skin

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verb upbraid

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verb to criticize harshly and devastatingly

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verb strip the skin off

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