flay

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

flays

V_ing/Gerund

flaying

V_ed/pp

flayedfla

1.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
2.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.
3.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive)(intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.
4.
To strip the skin off; to skin.
5.
To lash or whip.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

flaysflafleyfleeflyflegflaeflea

1.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fright; a scare.
2.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

fleece flense skinremove the skin of fleece, flense, skin

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flaying

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English flayen, flaien, fleien, from Old English flīeġan ("to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"), from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną (to let fly, cause to fly), causative of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (to fly).