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beflay

beflay verb: to flay; strip; peel.

Verb

beflay (third-person singular simple present beflays, present participle beflaying, simple past beflayed, past participle beflayed or beflain)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To flay; strip; peel.

Forms of beflay

third-person singular presentbeflays
present participlebeflaying
pastbeflayed
past participlebeflayed
past participlebeflain

Origin of beflay

From Middle English biflean, from Old English beflēan (“to peel, skin, flay”), equivalent to be- + flay.

Questions about beflay

What does beflay mean?
Beflay means to flay; strip; peel.
What part of speech is beflay?
Beflay is a verb.
What is the past tense of beflay?
The past tense of beflay is beflayed.

Words near beflay in the dictionary

  1. beflags
  2. beflain
  3. beflake
  4. beflapped
  5. beflatter
  6. beflay
  7. beflayed
  8. beflaying
  9. beflays
  10. beflea
  11. befleaed

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