Flay

Verb

 * 1) to strip skin off
 * 2) to lash

Thesaurus
assail, attack, bark, berate, bleed, bleed white, blister, castigate, decorticate, defoliate, denude, deplume, despoil, dismember, displume, divest, drain, draw and quarter, dry, excoriate, exhaust, fleece, fustigate, impoverish, lacerate, lash, maim, mangle, milk, mutilate, pare, peel, pick clean, pick to pieces, pluck, pull apart, roast, scalp, scarify, scathe, scorch, scourge, shear, shred, skin, skin alive, slash, strip, strip bare, suck dry, take apart, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tongue-lash, trounce

Etymology
flean. Cognate with Old Norse flá: ( > Danish flå:).

Translations

 * Czech: stáhnout kůži
 * Italian: spellare
 * Polish: oskalpować
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: свежевать, сдирать шкура
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: flå
 * Turkish:

Anagrams

 * Alfy