flail

«flail» in Mova's school dictionary: an old farm tool: a wooden stick swung on a handle to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) A flail is an old farm tool: a wooden stick swung on a handle to beat grain from its husks. tree →

2) To flail is to wave or swing the arms or legs wildly. tree →

sense 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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «flail» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.