Definitions for flay
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flayverb

   strip the skin off

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To FLAYverb

   Etymology: ad flaa, Islandick; flae, Danish; vlaen, Dut.

   1. To strip of the skin.

   I must have suffered famine, been eaten with wild beasts, or have fallen into the hands of the Spaniards, and been flayed alive. Walter Raleigh, Apology.

   While the old levitical hierarchy continued, it was part of the ministerial office to flay the sacrifices. South.

   Then give command the sacrifice to haste;
   Let the flay’d victims in the plains be cast;
   And sacred vows, and mystick song, apply’d
   To grisly Pluto and his gloomy bride. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. x.

   2. To take off the skin or surface of any thing.

   They flay their skin from off them, break their bones, and chop them in pieces. Mac. iii. 3.

   Neither should that odious custom be allowed of cutting scraws, which is flaying off the green surface of the ground, to cover their cabins, or make up their ditches. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flay

   Flay refers to the process of removing skin or surface from a person, animal, or object, typically in a vigorous or violent way. It can also refer to severely criticize or scold someone.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flayverb

   to skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth

2. Etymology: [OE. flean, flan, AS. flen; akin to D. vlaen, Icel. fl, Sw. fl, Dan. flaae, cf. Lith. pleszti to tear, plyszti, v.i., to burst, tear; perh. akin to E. flag a flat stone, flaw.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flay

   flā, v.t. to strip off the skin:—pr.p. flay′ing; pa.p. flayed.—ns. Flay′er; Flay′-flint, a skinflint. [A.S fléan; Ice. flá, to skin.]

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flayverb

   "Flay on the mix", serious old school mixing and scratching. That dont mean shit

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FLAY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Flay is ranked #153769 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Flay surname appeared 106 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Flay.
   
   89.6% or 95 total occurrences were White.
   7.5% or 8 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Skin

How to pronounce flay?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say flay in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flay in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of flay in a Sentence

1. Gordon Ramsay:

   Best: Wolfgang Puck, guaranteed. Number 2: Jamie Oliver. And on the bottom, Bobby f---ing Flay, shall I tell you why? For the last five years, we’ve been trying to do this cook-off together in Vegas for charity — and he won’t sign the contract. Now, Bobby, sign the contract you limp d---.

2. Bobby Flay:

   I think that ‘Iron Chef’ is a great place for new and younger people to come on and start taking the reins, how many times do you want to watch Bobby Flay do Iron Chef?

3. Gordon Ramsay:

   We’re gon na do the most amazing live cook-off against a chef I’ve grown up and admired for many years, he keeps on refusing to go against me. You may not have heard of him, but his name is Beat Bobby Flay . ''.

4. Ana Navarro:

   He has got to figure out a way how to flay and kill this debate boogie monster dead.

5. August Strindberg:

   What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=flay
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=flay
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flay
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=flay
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html