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flay

[fley] / fleɪ /
VERB
remove skin, bark, hide, etc.
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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With Green stepping back to flay an expected short ball, he was bluffed by a Carse yorker that splattered the stumps.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Then they flay it—not filet, flay—meaning remove the skin.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2023

This isn’t to criticize the family, but to flay CNN, which should have reported the factual context of the household’s inflation experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2021

Looking to flay the left-armer through cover, his feet weren’t quite there and thus, nor his blade.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2021

But presently I gave command to my officers to flay those sheep the bronze cut down, and make burnt offerings of flesh to the gods below—to sovereign Death, to pale Persephone.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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