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Flays vs Lays - What's the difference?

flays | lays |

As verbs the difference between flays and lays

is that flays is (flay) while lays is (lay).

As a noun lays is

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flays

English

Verb

(head)
  • (flay)

    • flay

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) flayen, flaien, fleien, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (Yorkshire) * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
  • To frighten; scare; terrify.
  • To be fear-stricken.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fright; a scare.
  • Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) flean from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • to strip skin off
  • to lash
    • Synonyms
    * (remove the skin of) fleece, flense, skin

    Anagrams

    *

    lays

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (lay)

    • Anagrams

    * slay