Meaning of "slag" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLAG

From Middle Low German slagge, perhaps from slagen to slay.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SLAG

slag  [slæɡ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLAG

Slag is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb slag in English.

WHAT DOES SLAG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Slag

Slag is the glass-like by-product left over after a desired metal has been separated from its raw ore. Slag is usually a mixture of metal oxides and silicon dioxide. However, slags can contain metal sulfides and elemental metals. While slags are generally used to remove waste in metal smelting, they can also serve other purposes, such as assisting in the temperature control of the smelting, and minimizing any re-oxidation of the final liquid metal product before the molten metal is removed from the furnace and used to make solid metal.

Definition of slag in the English dictionary

The first definition of slag in the dictionary is a mass of rough fragments of pyroclastic rock and cinders derived from a volcanic eruption; scoria. Other definition of slag is a mixture of shale, clay, coal dust, and other mineral waste produced during coal mining. Slag is also a coarse or dissipated girl or woman.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SLAG

PRESENT

Present

I slag

you slag

he/she/it slags

we slag

you slag

they slag

Present continuous

I am slagging

you are slagging

he/she/it is slagging

we are slagging

you are slagging

they are slagging

Present perfect

I have slagged

you have slagged

he/she/it has slagged

we have slagged

you have slagged

they have slagged

Present perfect continuous

I have been slagging

you have been slagging

he/she/it has been slagging

we have been slagging

you have been slagging

they have been slagging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I slagged

you slagged

he/she/it slagged

we slagged

you slagged

they slagged

Past continuous

I was slagging

you were slagging

he/she/it was slagging

we were slagging

you were slagging

they were slagging

Past perfect

I had slagged

you had slagged

he/she/it had slagged

we had slagged

you had slagged

they had slagged

Past perfect continuous

I had been slagging

you had been slagging

he/she/it had been slagging

we had been slagging

you had been slagging

they had been slagging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will slag

you will slag

he/she/it will slag

we will slag

you will slag

they will slag

Future continuous

I will be slagging

you will be slagging

he/she/it will be slagging

we will be slagging

you will be slagging

they will be slagging

Future perfect

I will have slagged

you will have slagged

he/she/it will have slagged

we will have slagged

you will have slagged

they will have slagged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been slagging

you will have been slagging

he/she/it will have been slagging

we will have been slagging

you will have been slagging

they will have been slagging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would slag

you would slag

he/she/it would slag

we would slag

you would slag

they would slag

Conditional continuous

I would be slagging

you would be slagging

he/she/it would be slagging

we would be slagging

you would be slagging

they would be slagging

Conditional perfect

I would have slag

you would have slag

he/she/it would have slag

we would have slag

you would have slag

they would have slag

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been slagging

you would have been slagging

he/she/it would have been slagging

we would have been slagging

you would have been slagging

they would have been slagging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you slag
we let´s slag
you slag

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to slag

Past participle

slagged

Present Participle

slagging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SLAG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «slag» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of slag

bawd · brass · call girl · camp follower · cocotte · courtesan · fille de joie · harlot · hooker · hustler · moll · pro · prostitute · scrubber · slapper · streetwalker · strumpet · tart · trollop · white slave · whore · working girl

TRANSLATION OF SLAG

Find out the translation of slag to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of slag from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slag» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 渣
• Translator English - Spanish: escoria
• English: slag
• Translator English - Hindi: लावा
• Translator English - Arabic: الخبث
• Translator English - Russian: шлак
• Translator English - Portuguese: escória
• Translator English - Bengali: ধাতুমল
• Translator English - French: scories
• Translator English - Malay: Sanga
• Translator English - German: Schlacke
• Translator English - Japanese: スラグ
• Translator English - Korean: 슬래그
• Translator English - Javanese: Slag
• Translator English - Vietnamese: xỉ
• Translator English - Tamil: கசடுகள்
• Translator English - Marathi: स्लॅग
• Translator English - Turkish: cüruf
• Translator English - Italian: scorie
• Translator English - Polish: żużel
• Translator English - Ukrainian: шлак
• Translator English - Romanian: zgură
• Translator English - Greek: σκωρία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: slag
• Translator English - Swedish: slagg
• Translator English - Norwegian: slagg

3 QUOTES WITH «SLAG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word slag.

1

John Bonham

I hate it when people slag us off. We had done three tours during 1970 and we finished off feeling we had just about had enough. We had done so much in that short space of time, we were drained.

2

Stephen Merchant

When we did 'The Office,' no one knew who we were, so it was easy to champion us; you could own us. Once you become successful, people don't have that any more, so it becomes more polarised. Some people want to champion you, and others want to slag you off. It doesn't concern me.

3

Ed Miliband

It's really important to say this. Often the faith schools were founded before the state provided education. I want good education in this country so I'm not going to slag off faith schools. I think that it's important that people of different backgrounds and different faiths go to school together and many faith schools do that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLAG»

Discover the use of slag in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slag and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Welding: Principles and Applications

Principles and Applications Larry F. Jeffus. Figure 7-4? A good cut showing a steady stream of sparks flying out from the bottom of the cut. Courtesy of Larry jeffus. See DFW video series. Figure 7-44 Poor cut. The slag is backing up because ...

Larry F. Jeffus, 2002

I Licked A Slag's Deodorant

Length: 2 acts.

Jim Cartwright, 1997

Geopolymer, Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development ...

Geopolymerisation of Australian slag with effective dissolution by the alkali Géopolymèrisation de laitier de haut-fourneau australien, après dissolution alcaline. Sotya Astutiningsih1 and Yinong Liu2 1: Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Indonesia 2: ...

Joseph Davidovits, 2005

Slag

Like the Gospel of John, Slag defines the "new commandment": "love one another" (John 13:34), love the marginal — those of us looking for the world's " luminous space," that "threshold / where light from the next room / falls into this dark one" ...

Mark Sullivan, 2005

Concentrations and Distribution of Slag-Related Trace ...

Concentrations of slag-related trace elements measured in this study were compared with those from previous studies and with Canadian guidelines for sediment quality. Reference Sites Sediment samples taken at the reference sites  ...

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Extending Aggregate Resources: A Symposium

J. J. Emery1 Slag Utilization in Pavement Construction REFERENCE: Emery, J. J. , "Slag Utilization in Pavement Construction," Extending Aggregate Resources, ASTM STP 774, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1982, pp. 95-118.

W. W. Hotaling, 1982

Waste Materials in Construction: Science and Engineering of ...

Ferrochrome slag is a by-product from the production of ferrochrome, an essential component in stainless steel. Extensive tests have been carried out on the physical properties of the ferrochrome slag from Vargon Alloys e.g. brittleness , ...

G.R. Woolley, J.J.J.M. Goumans, P.J. Wainwright, 2000

Aviary Slag: Stories

$11.95 Aviary Slag is a lucid, lysergic antidote to the so-called profundities of " quality fiction." An assemblage of intricately interlocked mini-epics, moral tales, and porn tracts, it is a definitively post-postmodern work. Jacques Sen/in plunders ...

Jacques Servin, 1996

Extractive Metallurgy of Copper

DECREASING COPPER IN SLAG I: MINIMIZING SLAG GENERATION It seems logical to suggest that decreasing the amount of Cu lost in smelting and converting slags could be accomplished by decreasing slag production. However  ...

Matthew J. King, Kathryn C. Sole, William G. I. Davenport, 2011

Alkali-Activated Cements and Concretes

3.4.2 Cooling of steel slag There are several methods for cooling molten steel slag: natural air-cooling, water-spray, water-quenching, air-quenching and shallow box chilling. Natural air-cooled steel slag is cooled in air naturally after pouring ...

Caijun Shi, Della Roy, Pavel Krivenko, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLAG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slag is used in the context of the following news items.

Bersham colliery slag heap to be flattened

The owners of a former colliery tip in Wrexham have been given more time to remove millions of tonnes of waste. Bersham Glenside received permission five ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

Glace Bay man worries old Sydney Steel slag on trail a health hazard

“Based on (the department's) previous project work, inhalation exposure to slag has been assessed for other purposes and no health concerns were identified,” ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jun 15»

Essroc to add Holcim's Garden State GranCem slag mill, Boston …

Essroc has signed an agreement to acquire the Holcim (US) Inc. slag cement grinding plant in Camden, N.J., along with an Everett, Mass., cement terminal. «Concrete Produts, Apr 15»

Holcim prepares to dispatch the bulk of its GranCem slag business

Sale of the two slag cement mills would leave one GranCem operation: Birmingham, Ala., with about 500,000 tons/year capacity. LafargeHolcim would have ... «Concrete Produts, Apr 15»

EPA takes Midvale slag site off the Superfund list - once and for all …

But this month — about 50 years sooner than anticipated — the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officially removed the Midvale slag site from the ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 15»

Proposal: Steel slag OK for roads

Ohio House Republicans included a one-paragraph gift to the steel industry in their budget proposal this week that makes it clear that steel slag can be reused in ... «Columbus Dispatch, Apr 15»

Slag sand a good alternative to river sand, say experts

Experts have recommended the use of Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GBFS) which is generated as a by-product during the production of steel. They said that ... «The Hindu, Mar 15»

Searchlight Minerals Corp. Provides Update on Its Clarkdale Slag …

OTCQB : SRCH) ("Searchlight" or the "Company") today provided an update on its Clarkdale Slag Project as it continues its autoclave testing and optimization of ... «Marketwired, Mar 15»

Lawyer accused child grooming victims of claiming abuse 'because …

He suggested the motivation for the girls coming forward could be because “it's better to be a victim than a slag”, adding: “Once you are a victim who has been ... «The Independent, Mar 15»

Police officers could be charged for 'calling alleged domestic …

Two police officers could face criminal charges after they were accused of calling an alleged victim of suspected domestic violence a “f*****g slag” and a “b***h” ... «The Independent, Jan 15»