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Showing words for FLAY using the English dictionary

4 Letter Words for Flay

flay

3 Letter Words for Flay

alf, aly, fay, fly, lay

Definitions for Flay

[1] to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
[2] to criticize or scold with scathing severity.
[3] to deprive or strip of money or property.
[4] to strip off the skin or outer covering of, esp by whipping; skin
[5] to attack with savage criticism
[6] to strip of money or goods, esp by cheating or extortion

Words related to Flay

excoriate, scalp, peel, skin, castigate, censure, upbraid, rebuke, reprove

Words nearby Flay

flax, flax kit, flaxen, flaxman, flaxseed, flay, flaysome, fld, fld., fldxt, flea

Origin of Flay

before 900; Middle English flen, Old English flēan; cognate with Middle Dutch vlaen, Old Norse flā

Other words from Flay

flay·er , noun
un·flayed , adjective

Word origin for Flay

Old English flēan ; related to Old Norse flā to peel, Lithuanian pl e šti to tear

Synonyms for Flay

excoriate, peel, scalp, skin