"flay" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fleɪ/, /fliː/ [dialectal] Audio: En-us-flay.ogg Forms: flays [plural]
enPR: flā, flē [dialectal] Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English flayen, flaien, fleien, from Old English *flīeġan ("to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"; found only in compounds: āflīeġan), from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną (“to let fly, cause to fly”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flayen}} Middle English flayen, {{inh|en|ang|*flīeġan}} Old English *flīeġan, {{gloss|"to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"; found only in compounds: <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">āflīeġan</i>}} ("to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"; found only in compounds: āflīeġan), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*flaugijaną||to let fly, cause to fly}} Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną (“to let fly, cause to fly”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fleuganą||to fly}} Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} flay (plural flays)
  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fright; a scare. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-flay-en-noun-E7oVmKCV Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English
  2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal Categories (topical): Fear
    Sense id: en-flay-en-noun-L5xxAvu1 Disambiguation of Fear: 18 31 22 18 5 5 0 Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fla [Yorkshire], fley, flee, fly, fleg, flae, flea [Scotland] Derived forms: flaysome
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /fleɪ/, /fliː/ [dialectal] Audio: En-us-flay.ogg Forms: flays [present, singular, third-person], flaying [participle, present], flayed [participle, past], flayed [past]
enPR: flā, flē [dialectal] Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English flayen, flaien, fleien, from Old English *flīeġan ("to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"; found only in compounds: āflīeġan), from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną (“to let fly, cause to fly”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flayen}} Middle English flayen, {{inh|en|ang|*flīeġan}} Old English *flīeġan, {{gloss|"to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"; found only in compounds: <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">āflīeġan</i>}} ("to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"; found only in compounds: āflīeġan), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*flaugijaną||to let fly, cause to fly}} Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną (“to let fly, cause to fly”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fleuganą||to fly}} Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} flay (third-person singular simple present flays, present participle flaying, simple past and past participle flayed)
  1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
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  2. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-flay-en-verb-PtNotZjm Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English
  3. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-flay-en-verb-Nh47hYq- Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fla [Yorkshire], fley, flee, fly, fleg, flae, flea [Scotland] Derived forms: flaying
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /fleɪ/, /fliː/ [dialectal] Audio: En-us-flay.ogg Forms: flays [present, singular, third-person], flaying [participle, present], flayed [past], flaid [archaic, past], flew [obsolete, past], flayed [participle, past], flain [archaic, participle, past]
enPR: flā, flē [dialectal] Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English flen, from Old English flēan, from Proto-West Germanic *flahan, from Proto-Germanic *flahaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flen}} Middle English flen, {{inh|en|ang|flēan}} Old English flēan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*flahan}} Proto-West Germanic *flahan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*flahaną}} Proto-Germanic *flahaną Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=flaid|past2_qual=archaic|past3=flew|past3_qual=obsolete|past_ptc2=n|past_ptc2_qual=archaic}} flay (third-person singular simple present flays, present participle flaying, simple past flayed or (archaic) flaid or (obsolete) flew, past participle flayed or (archaic) flain)
  1. To strip the skin off; to skin. Synonyms (remove the skin of): fleece, flense, skin Translations (to strip skin off): δέρω (dérō) (Ancient Greek), سَلَخَ (salaḵa) (Arabic), سلخ (salaḵ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), bilescu (Aromanian), одирам (odiram) (Bulgarian), stáhnout kůži [perfective] (Czech), stáhnout z kůže [perfective] (Czech), villen (Dutch), stropen (Dutch), nylkeä (Finnish), écorcher (French), esfolar (Galician), häuten (German), nyúz (Hungarian), feann (Irish), spellare (Italian), 剥ぐ (hagu) (alt: はぐ) (Japanese), 剥ぎ取る (hagitoru) (alt: はぎとる) (Japanese), sfola (Kabuverdianu), sfolá (Kabuverdianu), сою (soü) (Kazakh), dēglūbō (Latin), dēcutiō (Latin), dìrti (Lithuanian), tīhore (Maori), flå (Norwegian), یوزمك (yüzmek) (Ottoman Turkish), oskalpować (Polish), esfolar (Portuguese), iqhay (Quechua), beli (Romanian), свежева́ть (sveževátʹ) (Russian), сдира́ть шку́ру (sdirátʹ škúru) (Russian), spiḍḍari (Sicilian), stiahnuť kožu [perfective] (Slovak), stiahnuť [perfective] (Slovak), odrať [perfective] (Slovak), desollar (Spanish), despellejar (Spanish), flå (Swedish), flänga (Swedish), yüzmek (Turkish), здирати шкіру (zdyraty škiru) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), здерти шкіру (zderty škiru) [perfective] (Ukrainian), blingo (Welsh), digroeni (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-flay-en-verb-P95i-MHZ Disambiguation of 'remove the skin of': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'to strip skin off': 100 0
  2. To lash or whip.
    Sense id: en-flay-en-verb-FniexWMJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beflay, flail, unflayed
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdirátʹ škúru",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "word": "сдира́ть шку́ру"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "word": "spiḍḍari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "stiahnuť kožu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "stiahnuť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odrať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "word": "desollar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "word": "despellejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "word": "flå"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "word": "flänga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "word": "yüzmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zdyraty škiru",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "здирати шкіру"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zderty škiru",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "здерти шкіру"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "word": "blingo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to strip skin off",
      "word": "digroeni"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "flay"
  ],
  "word": "flay"
}

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