Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flay
Participle: flayed
Gerund: flaying
Indicative
Present
| I | flay |
| you | flay |
| he;she;it | flays |
| we | flay |
| you | flay |
| they | flay |
Perfect
| I | have flayed |
| you | have flayed |
| he;she;it | has flayed |
| we | have flayed |
| you | have flayed |
| they | have flayed |
Past
| I | flayed |
| you | flayed |
| he;she;it | flayed |
| we | flayed |
| you | flayed |
| they | flayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had flayed |
| you | had flayed |
| he;she;it | had flayed |
| we | had flayed |
| you | had flayed |
| they | had flayed |
Future
| I | will flay |
| you | will flay |
| he;she;it | will flay |
| we | will flay |
| you | will flay |
| they | will flay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flayed |
| you | will have flayed |
| he;she;it | will have flayed |
| we | will have flayed |
| you | will have flayed |
| they | will have flayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flay |
| you | flay |
| he;she;it | flay |
| we | flay |
| you | flay |
| they | flay |
Perfect
| I | have flayed |
| you | have flayed |
| he;she;it | have flayed |
| we | have flayed |
| you | have flayed |
| they | have flayed |
Imperfect
| I | flayed |
| you | flayed |
| he;she;it | flayed |
| we | flayed |
| you | flayed |
| they | flayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had flayed |
| you | had flayed |
| he;she;it | had flayed |
| we | had flayed |
| you | had flayed |
| they | had flayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flay |
| you | would flay |
| he;she;it | would flay |
| we | would flay |
| you | would flay |
| they | would flay |
Perfect
| I | would have flayed |
| you | would have flayed |
| he;she;it | would have flayed |
| we | would have flayed |
| you | would have flayed |
| they | would have flayed |
Imperative
| you | flay |
| we | Let's flay |
| you | flay |
Verbs conjugated like 'flay'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flay'
clay,
fay,
flag,
flam,
flap,
flat,
flaw,
fley,
fly,
fray,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
flean "to skin" (strong verb, pt.
flog, pp.
flagen), from P.Gmc.
*flakhanan (cf. M.Du.
vlaen, O.N.
fla), from PIE root
*plak- (cf. Gk.
plessein "to strike").
2. From Middle English flayen, flaien, fleien, from Old English flīeġan ("to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"), from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną (“to let fly, cause to fly”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*flaugijaną', Proto-Germanic '
*fleuganą'.
Verbs referencing "flay"
Danish
flå, Norwegian
flå, Norwegian, nynorsk
flå, Swedish
flå.
Sample Sentences
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If they'd let me have my way, I could have flayed him into shape [1979, “The Trial”, in The Wall, performed by Pink Floyd:]