Meaning

1 senses

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

Origin

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

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

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Forms

beflays, beflaying, beflayed, beflayed
Base formbeflay · to beflay
3rd person singularbeflays
Present participlebeflaying
Past simplebeflayed
Past participlebeflayed / beflain

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeflay
he, she, itbeflays

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeflayed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beflayed
he, she, ithas beflayed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beflay

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beetrootbefallbefitbeforeA1
beflay — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto