slain

slain

S0462400 (slān)v.Past participle of slay.

slain

(sleɪn) vb the past participle of slay

slay

(sleɪ)

v. slew, slain, slay•ing. v.t. 1. to kill by violence. 2. to destroy; extinguish. 3. Slang. to impress strongly; overwhelm, esp. by humor: Your jokes slay me. 4. Obs. to strike. v.i. 5. to kill or murder. [before 900; Middle English sleen, slayn, Old English slēan, c. Old Frisian, Old Norse slā, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic slahan to strike] slay′a•ble, adj. slay′er, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slain - people who have been slain (as in battle)dead - people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"
Adj.	1.	slain - killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"; "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon"dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

Translations