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(4.50 / 2 votes)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. 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!

2. Benjamin Franklin:

   For the want of a nail, the shoe was lose; for the want of a shoe the horse was lose; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail.

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

   O, I am slain!

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. Homer:

   It is not right to glory in the slain.

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