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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024slain /sleɪn/USA pronunciation v. - pp. of slay.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slain (slān),USA pronunciation v. - pp. of slay.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: slain /sleɪn/ vb - the past participle of slay
slay /sleɪ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], slew/slu/USA pronunciation slain/sleɪn/USA pronunciation slay•ing. - to kill by violence:to slay the enemy.
- Informal Terms[Slang.]to impress strongly;
overwhelm, esp. by humor:Your jokes slay me.
slay•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slay (slā),USA pronunciation v., slew, slain, slay•ing, n. v.t. - to kill by violence.
- to destroy;
extinguish. - sley.
- Informal Termsto impress strongly;
overwhelm, esp. by humor:Your jokes slay me. - [Obs.]to strike.
v.i. - to kill or murder.
n. - sley.
- bef. 900; Middle English sleen, slayn, Old English slēan; cognate with Dutch slaan, German schlagen, Old Norse slā, Gothic slahan to strike, beat
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged murder, slaughter, massacre, butcher, assassinate.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged annihilate, ruin.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: slay /sleɪ/ vb (slays, slaying, slew, slain)(transitive)- archaic or literary to kill, esp violently
- slang to impress (someone) sexually
Etymology: Old English slēan; related to Old Norse slā, Gothic, Old High German slahan to strike, Old Irish slacaim I beatˈslayer n |