slay

«slay» in Mova's school dictionary: To kill violently, especially in battle or a story — 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 (slay, slays, slew, slain; slaying; slang: slayed)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old, literary) To kill violently, especially in battle or a story. tree →

2) (slang) To do something brilliantly or look amazing: «You slayed that dance!» tree →

3) (informal) To make someone laugh a lot: «That joke slays me.» tree →

sense in the lessons

In fairy tales and the Bible: knights slay dragons; David slew Goliath. In children's slang today, «slay» means do amazingly. Phrases: «slay the dragon», «you slay», «slayed it».

examples

• The knight set off to slay the dragon. tree →
• In the Bible, David slew the giant Goliath. tree →
• You slayed that song at the talent show! tree →
• Her costume totally slays. tree →
• That cartoon slays me every time. tree →
• Many soldiers were slain in the battle. tree →
• "Do not slay me," he said. tree →

note

Two past forms: old sense «slew, slain»; slang sense «slayed». Do not confuse with «sleigh» (sledge pulled by reindeer) — same sound.

In the corpora

• Lily lists the people who make her feel small: Grace, Bella, queen_slay.
• Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation?
• And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
• And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
• And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

Trees and pragmatics

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