Flaying, also known as skinning, is a method of slow and painful torture or execution in which skin is removed from the body. A dead animal may be flayed when preparing it to be used as human food, …

The meaning of FLAY is to strip off the skin or surface of : skin. How to use flay in a sentence.

Idiom flay someone alive (Definition of flayed from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Define flayed. flayed synonyms, flayed pronunciation, flayed translation, English dictionary definition of flayed. tr.v. flayed , flay·ing , flays 1. To strip off the skin or outer covering of. 2. To strip of money or …

FLAY definition: to strip off the skin or outer covering of. See examples of flay used in a sentence.

Definition of flay verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

When someone flays an animal or person, they remove their skin, usually when they are dead. The chef's assistants had flayed the skin off it. [VERB noun] To remain together was like volunteering to …