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Definition: FLAYED |
FLAYEDImperative & past participle1. Of Flay |
Date "FLAYED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Crosswords: FLAYED |
| Specialty definitions using "FLAYED": Apostles ♦ Bartholomew. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "FLAYED": flay. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Last time we were here, 33.3 bar percent of us were flayed alive (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I flayed a guy alive and tried to destroy the world (Angel; writing credit: Letícia Dornelles) Yeah. Well I never flayed I had a woman chained in a closet (Angel; writing credit: Letícia Dornelles) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Flayed (1978) | |
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| "FLAYED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 48.72% of the time. "FLAYED" is used about 39 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 48.72% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 33.33% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 17.95% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 39 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flayed | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FLAYED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | schindete. (various references) | |
Manx | fant (fleeced). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ayedflay.(various references) | |
Swedish | flådd. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Chronicles Chapter 35, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai equsan to fasec kai prosecean oi iereiV to aima ek ceiroV autwn kai oi leuitai exedeiran |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et immolatum est phase asperseruntque sacerdotes manu sua sanguinem et Levitae detraxerunt pelles holocaustorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the prestis sprengeden their hondis with blood, and Leuytis drewen of skynnes of brent sacrifices, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they put the Passover lambs to death, the blood being drained out by the priests when it was given to them, and the Levites did the skinning. |
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| Language | 2 Chronicles Chapter 35, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ug ilang gipatay ang pasko, ug ang mga sacerdote nanagsablig sa dugo nga ilang nadawat sa ilang kamot, ug ang mga Levihanon ang mingpanit kanila. |
| Chinese | 利 未 人 宰 了 逾 越 節 的 羊 羔 、 祭 司 從 他 們 手 裡 接 過 血 來 灑 在 壇 上 、 利 未 人 剝 皮 、 |
| Croatian | Klali su Pashu, a sveæenici su škropili krvlju, dok su leviti odirali kožu. |
| Danish | De slagtede Påskedyrene, og Præsterne sprængte Blodet, som de rakte dem, medens Leviterne flåede Huden af. |
| Dutch | Daarna slachtte men het pascha, en de priesters sprengden het bloed uit hun handen, en de Levieten trokken de huiden af. |
| Finnish | Sitten teurastettiin pääsiäislammas, ja papit vihmoivat veren, jonka olivat ottaneet leeviläisten käsistä; ja leeviläiset nylkivät nahan. |
| French | Ils immolèrent la Pâque; les sacrificateurs répandirent le sang qu`ils recevaient de la main des Lévites, et les Lévites dépouillèrent les victimes. |
| German | Und sie schlachteten das Passah, und die Priester nahmen das Blut von ihren Händen und sprengten, und die Leviten zogen die Haut ab. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu mereka menyembelih binatang untuk perayaan Paskah; orang Lewi mengulitinya dan para imam memercikkan darah binatang itu ke atas mezbah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka disembelihkannyalah Pasah itu dan dari pada darahnyapun dipercikkan oleh segala imam dan lagi segala orang Lewipun mengulitinya. |
| Italian | Immolarono gli agnelli pasquali: i sacerdoti spargevano il sangue, mentre i leviti scuoiavano. |
| Maori | Na ka patua te kapenga, tauhuihia ana e nga tohunga te toto i homai nei ki o ratou ringa, a na nga Riwaiti i tihore. |
| Portuguese | Então imolaram a páscoa; e os sacerdotes espargiam o sangue que recebiam das mãos dos levitas, e estes esfolavam as reses. |
| Rumanian | Au jertfit Pawtele. Preoyii au stropit skngele pe care -l luau din mkna Leviyilor, wi Leviyii au jupuit vitele de piele. |
| Spanish | Entonces sacrificaron la víctima de la Pascua; y los levitas la desollaban, mientras los sacerdotes esparcían la sangre recibida de mano de ellos. |
| Swedish | Därefter slaktade de påskalammet, och prästerna stänkte med blodet som de togo emot av leviterna; och dessa drogo av huden. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"FLAYED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fayid, Fayyad, flaid, flaied, flaled, flaxed, flaye, fleyed, floyed, Flyde, layde, layed, layedh, leyed, ulayed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FLAYED" (pronounced flā"d) |
| 3 | -l ā" d | allayed, blade, delayed, Lade, laid, displayed, glade, mislaid, overplayed, played, replayed, underplayed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: deafly. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-l-y" | |
-1 letter: delay, fayed, layed, leady, leafy. | |
-2 letters: alef, dale, deaf, deal, defy, delf, fade, feal, flay, flea, fled, fley, lade, lady, lead, leaf, yald, yeld. | |
-3 letters: ale, aye, dal, day, del, dey, dye, eld, elf, fad, fay, fed, fey, fly, lad, lay, lea, led, ley, lye, yea. | |
-4 letters: ad, ae, al, ay, de, ed, ef. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-f-l-y" | |
+1 letter: fadedly. | |
+2 letters: alderfly, dayflies, defrayal, feudally, forelady, hayfield. | |
+3 letters: damselfly, dayflower, decalcify, defiantly, definably, defrayals, federally, feudality, hayfields, playfield. | |
+4 letters: affectedly, dayflowers, declassify, defrayable, dreadfully, dreamfully, ladyfinger, ladyfishes, playfields. | |
+5 letters: barefacedly, deafeningly, fatheadedly, indefinably, ladyfingers, offhandedly, qualifiedly, regardfully, splayfooted, steadfastly, syllabified. | |
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