Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word FLAY

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Definitions of FLAY

1. To lash or whip.
2. To strip the skin off; to skin.
3. (transitive, UKdialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
4. (transitive, UKdialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.
5. (intransitive, UKdialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.
6. (UKdialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fright; a scare.
7. (UKdialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.
8. A surname.

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Examples of Using FLAY in a Sentence

• Attested in English in 1819, the word "dermatology" derives from the Greek δέρματος (dermatos), genitive of δέρμα (derma), "skin" (itself from δέρω dero, "to flay") and -λογία -logia.
• His garden was filled with works of art, particularly Greek sculpture, both originals and copies of “old masters”, and has thus been a rich archaeological source of ancient sculpture: for example, the statue of the Scythian knife sharpener (now thought to depict the executioner getting ready to flay Marsyas) which the Medici removed to Florence was found in this garden.

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