flay
verb (used with object)
to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
flayed
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past participleof flay.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof flay.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
flayverb (used with object)to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
Example Sentences
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The Spun, a sports blog, flayed Plum for her “embarrassing lack of tax knowledge.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
One of his recurring subjects was meat, from flayed rabbits to rayfish, with odorous side effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett flayed some wayward India bowling at a rate of more than five an over in their stand of 166, taking a huge chunk out of the tourists' 358.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
The students plastered Dean Martinez’s classroom last week with flyers saying that the protesters were exercising their First Amendment right to engage in “counter-speech,” an argument flayed by Judge Duncan.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
This very grief that had twisted her into a curve on the floor and flayed her would be gone.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
