[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/flail/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) / flail

# flail

noun (flails); verb (flail, flails, flailed, flailing)

«flail» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A flail is an old farm tool: a wooden stick swung on a handle to beat grain from its husks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flail/#m1)
2. To flail is to wave or swing the arms or legs wildly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flail/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flail/#x1)
- Tom would not bring the flail into the palace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flail/#x2)
- The farmer's flail thudded on the grain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flail/#x3)
- The boy flailed his arms as he fell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flail/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flail» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flail/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flail» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flail.html) on Mova free.