Meaning of "slay" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLAY

Old English slēan; related to Old Norse slā, Gothic, Old High German slahan to strike, Old Irish slacaim I beat.

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

PRONUNCIATION OF SLAY

slay  [sleɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLAY

Slay is a verb.

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

See the conjugation of the verb slay in English.

WHAT DOES SLAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of slay in the English dictionary

The first definition of slay in the dictionary is (archaic (or literary) to kill, esp violently. Other definition of slay is to impress sexually. Slay is also to strike.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SLAY

PRESENT

Present

I slay

you slay

he/she/it slays

we slay

you slay

they slay

Present continuous

I am slaying

you are slaying

he/she/it is slaying

we are slaying

you are slaying

they are slaying

Present perfect

I have slain

you have slain

he/she/it has slain

we have slain

you have slain

they have slain

Present perfect continuous

I have been slaying

you have been slaying

he/she/it has been slaying

we have been slaying

you have been slaying

they have been slaying

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 slew

you slew

he/she/it slew

we slew

you slew

they slew

Past continuous

I was slaying

you were slaying

he/she/it was slaying

we were slaying

you were slaying

they were slaying

Past perfect

I had slain

you had slain

he/she/it had slain

we had slain

you had slain

they had slain

Past perfect continuous

I had been slaying

you had been slaying

he/she/it had been slaying

we had been slaying

you had been slaying

they had been slaying

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

FUTURE

Future

I will slay

you will slay

he/she/it will slay

we will slay

you will slay

they will slay

Future continuous

I will be slaying

you will be slaying

he/she/it will be slaying

we will be slaying

you will be slaying

they will be slaying

Future perfect

I will have slain

you will have slain

he/she/it will have slain

we will have slain

you will have slain

they will have slain

Future perfect continuous

I will have been slaying

you will have been slaying

he/she/it will have been slaying

we will have been slaying

you will have been slaying

they will have been slaying

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

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would slay

you would slay

he/she/it would slay

we would slay

you would slay

they would slay

Conditional continuous

I would be slaying

you would be slaying

he/she/it would be slaying

we would be slaying

you would be slaying

they would be slaying

Conditional perfect

I would have slay

you would have slay

he/she/it would have slay

we would have slay

you would have slay

they would have slay

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been slaying

you would have been slaying

he/she/it would have been slaying

we would have been slaying

you would have been slaying

they would have been slaying

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you slay
we let´s slay
you slay

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to slay

Past participle

slain

Present Participle

slaying

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 «SLAY»

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

synonyms of slay

amuse · annihilate · assassinate · butcher · destroy · dispatch · do away with · do in · eliminate · exterminate · impress · kill · make a hit with · massacre · mow down · murder · rub out · slaughter · wow

TRANSLATION OF SLAY

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

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 屠杀
• Translator English - Spanish: matar
• English: slay
• Translator English - Hindi: हत्या
• Translator English - Arabic: اذبح
• Translator English - Russian: умерщвляй
• Translator English - Portuguese: matar
• Translator English - Bengali: হিংসা করা
• Translator English - French: tuer
• Translator English - Malay: Membunuh
• Translator English - German: erschlagen
• Translator English - Japanese: 虐殺する
• Translator English - Korean: 살해하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Mateni
• Translator English - Vietnamese: giết
• Translator English - Tamil: கொல்லும்போது
• Translator English - Marathi: मारणे
• Translator English - Turkish: öldürmek
• Translator English - Italian: abbattere
• Translator English - Polish: Slay
• Translator English - Ukrainian: умертвляй
• Translator English - Romanian: Slay
• Translator English - Greek: σκοτώνω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: slag
• Translator English - Swedish: slay
• Translator English - Norwegian: Slay

7 QUOTES WITH «SLAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word slay.

1

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.

2

Joe Greene

As I and the rest of my Pittsburgh Steelers teammates prepared that week in late December 1974, we knew one thing: The road to the Super Bowl in the AFC went through Oakland. To achieve your dreams as a team, you had to slay the Oakland Raiders. They were the barometer of what it took to be a championship team.

3

Marilu Henner

Stress is an important dragon to slay - or at least tame - in your life.

4

Henrik Ibsen

The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life - he first individualizes.

5

Phil McGraw

Take it from a guy: If you're in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb the mountain, you will slay the dragon. You're going to get to her somehow, some way.

6

Jacqueline Novogratz

Monsters will always exist. There's one inside each of us. But an angel lives there, too. There is no more important agenda than figuring out how to slay one and nurture the other.

7

Pat Oliphant

There were dragons to slay in the old days. Nixon was a good dragon.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLAY»

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

You Slay Me

Aisling Grey is a courier enjoying a free, work-related trip to Paris when she learns she's a Guardian.

Katie MacAlister, 2004

Drink, Slay, Love

After sixteen-year-old vampire Pearl Sange is stabbed through the heart by a were-unicorn, she develops non-vampire-like traits that lead her to save her high school classmates from the Vampire King of New England.

Sarah Beth Durst, 2012

Eat Slay Love

Sarah and David have survived the zombie apocalypse.

Jesse Petersen, 2011

Information technology security & risk management

This new text address security technology and systems, issues associated with risk minimization and management when implementing security systems, legal and regulatory requirements, basic Cryptography and Public Key Infrastructure, ethics, ...

Jill Slay, Andy Koronios, 2006

Ian McEwan

In such novels as The Cement Garden (1978) and The Comfort of Strangers (1981) and in the story collection First Love, Last Rites (1975), McEwan has dealt with incest, regression, brutality, perversion, and murder in what has been perceived ...

Jack Slay, 1996

Slay Ride

The hero of this explosive tale is David Cleveland, investigator for the Jockey Club, who goes to Norway in response to an appeal from Oslo racecourse.

Dick Francis, 2000

Sit, Stay, Slay

Introducing Kendra Ballantyne.

Linda O. Johnston, 2005

Georgia Civil War Manuscript Collections: An Annotated ...

A reference for historians, genealogists and other researchers is a compilation bibliography detailing the Civil War manuscript collections of Georgia that features institutionally arranged, cross-referenced entries for subjects ranging ...

David H. Slay, 2011

Slay Bells

Enjoying the holiday shopping season at the new local mall, Diana Connelly is horrified when she and her friends are trapped there during a snow storm and a twisted killer begins checking off a list of his own.

Jo Gibson, 2000

Dressed to Slay (Mills & Boon Nocturne) (Darkheart & Crosse ...

Megan Crosse never had to fight for anything.

Harper Allen, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLAY»

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

Lions' Slay: Not much difference between us, Legion of Boom

Watch out, Legion of Boom and the rest of the Seattle Seahawks defense. The Detroit Lions' defense isn't scared of you and might just be gunning for your title ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»

Slay proposes compromise setting city minimum wage at $11 per …

It remains unclear if Slay and Cohn have enough votes to move the bill forward. The effort was born out of a national push to raise minimum wage. Los Angeles ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»

Rep. Clay asks Mayor Slay to remove Confederate memorial from …

In April, Slay posted a question on his website asking whether the granite memorial should be removed. He called for a “centennial reappraisal committee” to ... «STLtoday.com, Jun 15»

Slay signs police oversight bill into law

Slay, who took the unusual step of being a co-sponsor, signed the bill Wednesday. It officially becomes law June 5. The mayor is expected to nominate the ... «fox2now.com, May 15»

Should Confederate memorial be removed from Forest Park?

St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, in a message posted Tuesday on his blog, is asking whether a memorial to Confederate soldiers in Forest Park should be removed ... «STLtoday.com, Apr 15»

Slay signs veteran's preference bill

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – St. Louis mayor Francis Slay signed a veteran's preference bill that will give veterans up to 10 extra points on employment applications with ... «fox2now.com, Mar 15»

Mayor Slay plans to expand overnight homeless services in city

“It is time to change emergency shelter for people who are homeless in the city of St. Louis,” Mayor Francis Slay said on his website. “It is not good enough to ... «STLtoday.com, Feb 15»

Slay: No Subpoena Power For Civilian Review Board

The legality of granting subpoena power to a proposed civilian police review board has little bearing on St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay's opposition to it. Slay said ... «St. Louis Public Radio, Feb 15»

Dotson, Slay Dismayed By Six Violent Deaths, Police Will Monitor …

"This is a big black eye on our city," a somber Mayor Francis Slay said at a press conference Thursday evening. "I have a tremendous amount of sympathy for the ... «St. Louis Public Radio, Jan 15»

Mayor Slay, Chief Dotson hold press conference following unrest in …

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI)- Mayor Francis Slay and Chief Sam Dotson held a press conference Tuesday morning in south St. Louis. They discussed the events that ... «fox2now.com, Nov 14»