slay

Meaning of slay

verb

To kill, murder.
Our foes must all be slain.
To eradicate or stamp out.
You must slay these thoughts.
(by extension) To defeat, overcome (in a competition or contest).
1956, “Giants Slay Bears in Pro Title Battle”, in Lodi News-Sentinel, 1956 December 31, page 8.
To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
Ha ha! You slay me!
To amaze, stun or otherwise incapacitate by awesomeness; to be awesome at something; to kill (slang sense).
To have sex with

Information about slay

It is a verb.
The plural form of slay is: slays.
Languages in which slay is used:
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- English

Hyphenation of slay

slay

It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
slay is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

slay synonyms

Meaning murder:

murder, hit, dispatch, off, remove

Meaning :

conquer, defeat, overcome, assassinate, kill

Translation of slay

Spanish: matar, asesinar, despachar
German: umbringen, morden, ermorden, liquidieren
Italian: ammazzare, uccidere, assassinare
Portuguese: assassinar
French: assassiner, dépêcher

Anagrams of slay

Alys, lays, Lyas

Words that rhyme with slay

Maudslay, reslay, Islay, islay, mislay, translay, Ashluslay

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