flay

flay  (fl)

tr.v. flayed, flay·ing, flays

1. To strip off the skin or outer covering of.

2. To strip of money or goods; fleece.

3. To whip or lash.

4. To assail with stinging criticism; excoriate.

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[Middle English flen, from Old English flan.]

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flayer n.

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flay [fleɪ]

vb (tr)

1. to strip off the skin or outer covering of, esp by whipping; skin

2. to attack with savage criticism

3. to strip of money or goods, esp by cheating or extortion

[Old English flēan; related to Old Norse flā to peel, Lithuanian ple̊šti to tear]

flayer  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

flay - strip the skin off peel, pare, skin - strip the skin off; "pare apples"

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flay

verb

1. skin, strip, peel, scrape, excoriate, remove the skin from to flay the flesh away from his muscles

2. upbraid, slam (slang), castigate, revile, tear into (informal), diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), excoriate, tear a strip off, execrate, pull to pieces (informal), give a tongue-lashing, criticize severely, flame (informal) The critics flayed him with accusations of misanthropy.

Translations

flay [fleɪ] VT

1. (= skin) → desollar
he'll flay me alive if I'm late → si llego tarde, me despelleja vivo

2. (= criticize) [+ person] → despellejar; [+ book, film] → hacer trizas

3. (= defeat) → dar una paliza a

flay [ˈfleɪ] vt

(= skin) [+ person, animal] → écorcher
to be flayed alive → être écorché(e) vif*(vive)

(= criticize severely) → éreinter

flay

vt

(= skin) animal → abziehen, häuten; person → die Haut abziehen +dat; (= beat) → verdreschen; (= whip) → auspeitschen; to flay somebody alive → jdn gründlich verdreschen

(fig: = criticize) → kein gutes Haar lassen an (+dat), → heruntermachen (inf)

flay [fleɪ] vt (skin) → scorticare; (criticize) → criticare aspramente, stroncare