flay
pronunciation
How to pronounce flay in British English:
UK [fleɪ]
How to pronounce flay in American English:
US [fleɪ]
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- Verb:
- strip the skin off
Word Origin
- flay (v.)
- Old English flean "to skin, to flay" (strong verb, past tense flog, past participle flagen), from Proto-Germanic *flahan (cognates: Middle Dutch vlaen, Old High German flahan, Old Norse fla), from PIE root *pl(e)ik-, *pleik- "to tear, rend" (cognates: Lithuanian plešiu "to tear"). Related: Flayed; flaying.
Example
- 1. The jinshan because hotel with rosy clouds were quarreled and flay runaways live into the mine .
- 2. The duchess and monica ao aunt to shangfen , anhui pan a came also , aunt flay said a lot of hard words make their time don 't know what to say .
- 3. Do you want the prince to flay us ?
- 4. Cui jian parents of the request more and more graceful , and events are little lover to do , tingting from graceful white-collar thoroughly become cui home nanny , tingting flay separate home .
- 5. One day I 'll flay away .