Definitions for slain
sleɪnslain

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. slainadjective

   people who have been slain (as in battle)

2. slainadjective

   killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"

   "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon"

Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. slainnoun

   Those who have been killed.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Slain

   The participle passive of slay.

   The slain of the Lord shall be many. Is. lxvi. 16.

   The king grew vain,
   Fought all his battles o’er again;
   And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain. Dryden.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Slain

   of Slay

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Slain

   slān, pa.p. of slay.

Anagrams for slain »

1. nails

2. anils

3. snail

How to pronounce slain?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of slain in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of slain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of slain in a Sentence

1. Oliver Goldsmith:

   For he that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day, but he, who is in battle slain, can never rise and fight again.

2. William Shakespeare, Hamlet. Polonius says this as Hamlet kills him behind the curtain.:

   O, I am slain!

3. Rudyard Kipling, As Easy as A.B.C. (1917):

   Once there was The People - Terror gave it birth; Once there was The People, and it made a hell of earth! Earth arose and crushed it. Listen, oh, ye slain! Once there was The People - it shall never be again!

4. Fred Waller:

   This incident stemmed from a dispute within that party, this party was given in the memory of a subject that was slain in April. We're still developing details as far as that goes.

5. Thomas Paine:

   Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'Tis time to part.

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