SLAIN

slain

(adjective) killed; ‘slain’ is formal or literary as in “slain warriors”; “a picture of St. George and the slain dragon”

slain

(noun) people who have been slain (as in battle)

SLAY

murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove

(verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation; “The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

slain

past participle of slay

Noun

slain pl (plural only)

(with "the") Those who have been killed.

Anagrams

• Lains, Lians, anils, lains, nails, nilas, salin, snail

Source: Wiktionary


SLAY

Slay, v. t. [imp. Slew; p. p. Slain; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaying.] Etym: [OE. slan, sl, sleen, slee, AS. sleĂĄn to strike, beat, slay; akin to OFries. sla, D. slaan, OS. & OHG. slahan, G. schlagen, Icel. sla, Dan. slaae, Sw. sl, Goth. slahan; perhaps akin to L. lacerare to tear to pieces, Gr. lacerate. Cf. Slaughter, Sledge a hammer, Sley.]

Definition: To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy. With this sword then will I slay you both. Chaucer. I will slay the last of them with the sword. Amos ix. 1. I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. Shak.

Syn.

– To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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