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Adjective: slain  sleyn
Usage: literary
  1. Killed; 'slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"
    "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon"
Noun: slain  sleyn
Usage: literary
  1. People who have been slain (as in battle)
Verb: slay (slew,slain, also slayed)  sley
Usage: literary
  1. Kill intentionally and with premeditation
    - murder, hit, dispatch, bump off [informal], off [N. Amer, informal], polish off [informal], remove, croak
     
  2. To succeed greatly

Derived forms: slains

See also: dead

Type of: bring home the bacon [informal], come through, come up trumps [Brit, informal], dead, deliver the goods, kill, succeed, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win

Encyclopedia: Slain

Slay