häuten — meaning in English

English meaning

• flay verb To strip the skin from a body.
• moult noun The process by which an animal sheds its fur, feathers or skin.
• skin noun The layer of tissue that covers and protects the body of an animal, including a person.

Senses

häuten is used for these senses in English:

• flay To strip the skin off; to skin.
• moult (intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.

flay — full definition

1. verb To strip the skin from a body.
2. verb To criticize someone harshly and mercilessly.

moult — full definition

1. noun The process by which an animal sheds its fur, feathers or skin.
2. noun Skin or feathers shed by an animal as it moults.

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