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flail

/fleɪl/

flail about

flail around

flailnoun

flails

/fleɪl/

Translations

цеп

The farmer used a flail to thresh the wheat.

Фермер использовал цеп для молотьбы пшеницы.

молотилка

The old flail was displayed in the museum as a piece of agricultural history.

Старая молотилка была выставлена в музее как часть сельскохозяйственной истории.

Additional translations

цепь

Definitions

A tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it, used in manual threshing.

The farmer used a flail to separate the grain from the husks.

An instrument for flogging or beating.

The medieval knight carried a flail as part of his weaponry.

A free-swinging blade, chain, or other striking element mounted on the rotating drum of a mower or similar machine.

The flails on the mower had to be replaced after hitting a rock.

Synonyms

thrash about

flailverb

flailed

Past Simple

flailed

Past Participle

flailing

Gerund

/fleɪl/

Translations

барахтаться

The fish flailed on the deck of the boat.

Рыба барахталась на палубе лодки.

молотить

The farmer flailed the wheat to separate the grain.

Фермер молотил пшеницу, чтобы отделить зерно.

махать

He began to flail his arms wildly to get attention.

Он начал дико махать руками, чтобы привлечь внимание.

Additional translations

размахивать

колотить

трепыхаться

Definitions

To wave or swing wildly.

The child began to flail his arms in excitement.

To struggle or thrash about, often in a state of panic or confusion.

She began to flail in the water when she realized she couldn't touch the bottom.

To beat or thresh (grain, etc.) with or as if with a flail; to strike repeatedly.

In the barn the workers flailed the barley until chaff filled the air.

Synonyms