flail
noun (flails); verb (flail, flails, flailed, flailing)
Everyday
- A flail is an old farm tool: a wooden stick swung on a handle to beat grain from its husks. tree →
- To flail is to wave or swing the arms or legs wildly. tree →
In the lessons
in old country tales, the tool of a farmhand who threshes corn in the barn
Examples
- He beat the corn with a flail in the barn. tree →
- Tom would not bring the flail into the palace. tree →
- The farmer's flail thudded on the grain. tree →
- The boy flailed his arms as he fell. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «flail» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «flail» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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