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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