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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 -------------- 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