Definitions for slain
sleɪnslain

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

1. slain(adj)

   people who have been slain (as in battle)

2. slain(adj)

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

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

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. slain(Noun)

   Those who have been killed.

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

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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

   O, I am slain!

2. Homer:

   It is not right to glory in the slain.

3. 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.

4. Homer:

   Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help.

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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