slay
English
/sleɪ/
verb
Definitions
- (now) To kill, murder.
- (literary) To eradicate or stamp out.
- (by extension) To defeat, overcome (in a competition or contest).
- (slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
- (slang) To amaze, stun or otherwise incapacitate by awesomeness; to be awesome at something; to kill slang sense.
- (slang) to have sex with
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sleen inherited from Old English slēan (strike, beat, smite, slay, stamp, impact, kill, hit, sting, forge) inherited from *slahan inherited from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (strike, kill, hit, fight, beat) derived from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (throw, hit, strike).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*slak-
Gloss
throw, hit, strike
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antislaughter English
- brother-slayer English
- catslaughter English
- deerslaughter English
- dragonslayer English
- father-slayer English
- foreslay English
- godslaughter English
- kingslayer English
- kinslayer English
- manslaught English
- manslaughter English
- manslayer English
- onslaught English
- overslay English
- preslaughter English
- self-slaughter English
- self-slayer English
- selfslaughter English
- slaught English
- slaughter English
- slaughterable English
- slaughterbot English
- slaughterdom English
- slaughterer English
- slaughteress English
- slaughterhall English
- slaughterhouse English
- slaughterless English
- slaughterman English
- slaughterous English
- slaughterperson English
- slaughterwoman English
- slayable English
- slayage English
- slayee English
- slayer English
- slayest English
- slayeth English
- unslayable English
- Schlafittchen German
- Schlagader German
- Schlager German
- Schlagstock German
- Schlucht German
- Schläger German
- abschlagen German
- anschlagen German
- aufschlagen German
- beschlagen German
- durchschlagen German
- entgegenschlagen German
- erschlagen German
- losschlagen German
- nachschlagen German
- niederschlagen German
- querschlagen German
- schlagen German
- schlahen German
- slagen German
- totschlagen German
- umschlagen German
- unterschlagen German
- vorschlagen German
- zerschlagen German
- zurückschlagen German
- zuschlagen German
- überschlagen German
- aanslaan Dutch, Flemish
- afslaan Dutch, Flemish
- beslaan Dutch, Flemish
- dichtslaan Dutch, Flemish
- gadeslaan Dutch, Flemish
- inslaan Dutch, Flemish
- losslaan Dutch, Flemish
- naslaan Dutch, Flemish
- neerslaan Dutch, Flemish
- olieslager Dutch, Flemish
- omslaan Dutch, Flemish
- ontslaan Dutch, Flemish
- opslaan Dutch, Flemish
- overslaan Dutch, Flemish
- slaan Dutch, Flemish
- slager Dutch, Flemish
- toeslaan Dutch, Flemish
- uitslaan Dutch, Flemish
- verslaan Dutch, Flemish
- chlinguer French
- *slak- Proto-Indo-European
- slå Norwegian Bokmål
- *slahalaz Proto-Germanic
- *slahaną Proto-Germanic
- *slahtrą Proto-Germanic
- *slahtō Proto-Germanic
- *slahō Proto-Germanic
- *slōgiz Proto-Germanic
- anslå Swedish
- föreslå Swedish
- slå Swedish
- avslå Norwegian Nynorsk
- beslå Norwegian Nynorsk
- dørslå Norwegian Nynorsk
- fastslå Norwegian Nynorsk
- skamslå Norwegian Nynorsk
- slå Norwegian Nynorsk
- beslean Old English
- forslean Old English
- geslean Old English
- ofslean Old English
- slean Old English
- slēan Old English
- overslay Middle English
- slaught Middle English
- slaughter Middle English
- slear Middle English
- sleen Middle English
- slá Old Norse
- slå Danish
- markslá Icelandic
- slá Icelandic
- slaen Middle Dutch
- slahan Old High German
- slahen Old High German
- slaan Afrikaans
- sláa Faroese
- slahen Middle High German
- opschloen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- schloen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *slahan gmw-pro
- slan Old Dutch
- slān Old Dutch
- slân Middle Low German
- slahan Old Saxon
- slāhan Old Saxon
- schlaa Alemannic German
- sla Old Swedish
- sla, slā Old Swedish
- ṣlô Westrobothnian
- slaan Low German
- schlage Central Franconian
- slayee
- slayer
- slayeth
- slayest
- slayage
- slaught
- slayable
- overslay
- foreslay
- onslaught
- slaughter
- manslayer
- kinslayer
- unslayable
- kingslayer
- manslaught
- self-slayer
- slaughterer
- slaughterman
- slaughterdom
- catslaughter
- slaughteress
- slaughterous
- godslaughter
- manslaughter
- slaughterbot
- preslaughter
- dragonslayer
- antislaughter
- slaughterable
- father-slayer
- slaughterless
- slaughterhall
- deerslaughter
- selfslaughter
- self-slaughter
- slaughterhouse
- brother-slayer
- slaughterwoman
- slaughterperson