slain

«slain» in Mova's school dictionary: Killed violently, especially in battle or in stories:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb, past participle of «slay» (slay, slays, slew, slain, slaying); adjective (slain)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, old-fashioned) Killed violently, especially in battle or in stories: "The dragon was slain." tree →

2) (adjective) Killed: "the slain soldiers". tree →

3) (slang, from «slay») Overwhelmed with laughter or amazement — "I'm slain" (rare); "slay" in slang means do something brilliantly: "You slayed!" tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, myths and the Bible, heroes slay dragons and giants: David slew Goliath. In the news, "slain" is used in headlines for people who have been killed. Modern slang uses "slay" to mean look amazing or do brilliantly. Phrases: slain in battle, the slain, dragon-slayer.

examples

• The knight has slain the dragon! tree →
• Many soldiers were slain in the battle. tree →
• In the Bible, Goliath was slain by David. tree →
• The newspaper headline said "Police officer slain". tree →
• St George is said to have slain a dragon. tree →
• "You totally slayed that dance!" (slang) tree →
• I have not slain a single man of your troop. tree →

note

Forms: slay — slew — slain (for killing). In slang, the past is "slayed": "She slayed it." Formal and story word; everyday speech uses "killed".

In the corpora

• The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
• And when the bullock was slain, the child was brought to Eli.
• And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
• And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests.
• Thy beauty, O Israel, upon thy high places is slain!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «slain» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.