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flay
/fleɪ/
verb 5noun 2name 1
Collocations
2ADJ.
open, wide
VERB + FLAY
lacerate
Definitions
verb
1
To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
2
To frighten; scare; terrify.
If they'd let me have my way, I could have flayed him into shape
3
To be fear-stricken.
noun
1
A fright; a scare.
2
Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.
verb
1
To strip the skin off; to skin.
The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin.
2
To lash or whip.
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If they'd let me have my way, I could have flayed him into shape
Wiktionary02
The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin.
Wiktionary03
Her letters lacerate my heart, flay it wide open bleeding - yet I read every word.
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