flay

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
2. verb To frighten; scare; terrify.
3. verb To be fear-stricken.
4. noun A fright; a scare.
5. noun Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking person.
6. verb To strip the skin off; to skin.
7. verb To lash or whip.

Similar words

excoriate beflay scare off beflake befly flinch flee drive fleme affray

Often followed by

the him them and me you a it their

Word family

flayed flaying flays