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flail definition

flail


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  flail 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  flail 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  flail 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  flail 
 
  2  senses  of  flail 
 
  Sense  1 
  thrash,  thresh,  lam,  flail 
  =>  beat  beat  up 
 
  Sense  2 
  flail,  thresh 
  =>  beat  flap 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  flail 
 
  flail  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  flail 
 
  Sense  1 
  thrash,  thresh,  lam,  flail 
  =>  beat  beat  up 
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  Sense  2 
  flail,  thresh 
  =>  beat  flap 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  flail 
  flail 
 
  Overview  of  noun  flail 
 
  The  noun  flail  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  flail  --  (an  implement  consisting  of  handle  with  a  free  swinging  stick  at  the  end  used  in  manual  threshing) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  flail 
 
  The  verb  flail  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  thrash,  thresh,  lam,  flail  --  (give  a  thrashing  to  beat  hard) 
  2.  flail,  thresh  --  (move  like  a  flail;  thresh  about  "Her  arms  were  flailing") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  flail 
  flailing 
 
  Overview  of  noun  flail 
 
  The  noun  flail  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  flail  --  (an  implement  consisting  of  handle  with  a  free  swinging  stick  at  the  end  used  in  manual  threshing) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  flail 
 
  The  verb  flail  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  thrash,  thresh,  lam,  flail  --  (give  a  thrashing  to  beat  hard) 
  2.  flail,  thresh  --  (move  like  a  flail;  thresh  about  "Her  arms  were  flailing") 



flail definition