Word: flailed
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: flailed
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of flail; move like a flail; thresh about
Morphemes:
Affix: flail
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To move like a flail.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: plangō
Language: la
Decoded: plango
Meaning: lament”, i.e. “beat ones breast
Affix: -ilaz
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: -ilaz
Meaning: instrumental suffix
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.