slay
[ sley ]
/ sleɪ /
verb (used with object), slew or slayed (especially for def 4); slain; slay·ing.
verb (used without object), slew or slayed (especially for def 7); slain; slay·ing.
to kill or murder.
Slang. to strongly impress or overwhelm someone: His whole album slays.
noun
sley.
Words nearby slay
Origin of slay
before 900; Middle English sleen, slayn, Old English slēan; cognate with Dutch slaan, German schlagen, Old Norse slā, Gothic slahan “to strike, beat”
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slay
/ (sleɪ) /
verb slays, slaying, slew or slain (tr)
archaic, or literary to kill, esp violently
slang to impress (someone) sexually
obsolete to strike
Derived forms of slay
slayer, nounWord Origin for slay
Old English slēan; related to Old Norse slā, Gothic, Old High German slahan to strike, Old Irish slacaim I beat
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