--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 54 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/54/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 54 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A skydiver is a person who jumps out of an aeroplane high up, falls through the air, and then opens a parachute to land safely.[↗](../../skydiver/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The skydiver leapt from the plane at four thousand metres.[↗](../../skydiver/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Skydivers fall very fast before opening their parachutes.[↗](../../skydiver/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a skydiver and has done 200 jumps.[↗](../../skydiver/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Air resistance slows the skydiver down.[↗](../../skydiver/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The skydivers held hands in a circle in the sky.[↗](../../skydiver/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A skydiver must check the parachute carefully before every jump.[↗](../../skydiver/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **skylight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A skylight is a window in a roof or ceiling that lets daylight in from above.[↗](../../skylight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rain drummed on the skylight.[↗](../../skylight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The skylight lets light into the attic.[↗](../../skylight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We could see stars through the skylight.[↗](../../skylight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat climbed out through the open skylight.[↗](../../skylight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A skylight saves electricity in the day.[↗](../../skylight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Snow covered the skylight.[↗](../../skylight/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **skyscraper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A skyscraper is a very tall building with many floors, in a city.[↗](../../skyscraper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* New York has many skyscrapers.[↗](../../skyscraper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The skyscraper has 80 floors.[↗](../../skyscraper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We went up the skyscraper in a fast lift.[↗](../../skyscraper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If each floor is 4 m high, a 50-floor skyscraper is 200 m tall.[↗](../../skyscraper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · From the top of the skyscraper the cars looked tiny.[↗](../../skyscraper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Skyscrapers are built with steel frames.[↗](../../skyscraper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **skyward** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Upward, towards the sky.[↗](../../skyward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He looked skyward and saw the birds.[↗](../../skyward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The larks flew skyward.[↗](../../skyward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She raised her eyes skyward and made a wish.[↗](../../skyward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A skyward gaze is a hopeful one.[↗](../../skyward/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **slab** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A slab is a thick, flat piece of something hard, like stone, concrete or wood.[↗](../../slab/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A slab can be a thick, flat piece of food, such as a slab of cake or chocolate.[↗](../../slab/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In building, a slab is a flat concrete floor or base.[↗](../../slab/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The path was made of grey stone slabs.[↗](../../slab/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He cut a huge slab of chocolate cake.[↗](../../slab/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers poured a concrete slab for the shed.[↗](../../slab/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A heavy slab covered the old well.[↗](../../slab/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful: that paving slab is loose.[↗](../../slab/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The butcher cut a slab of meat.[↗](../../slab/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden has twelve slabs in three rows of four.[↗](../../slab/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A heavy stone slab was turned and then lifted.[↗](../../slab/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the slabs, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about; and upon the tables was to be the flesh of the offering.[↗](../../slab/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.40.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slab/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **slack** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Slack means loose, not pulled tight: a slack rope.[↗](../../slack/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Slack means not busy: business is slack in winter.[↗](../../slack/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Slack means lazy or careless: slack work.[↗](../../slack/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To slack or slack off is to work less hard than you should.[↗](../../slack/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (informal) "Cut someone some slack" means be less strict and more forgiving with them.[↗](../../slack/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (UK slang) "That's slack" can mean unfair or mean.[↗](../../slack/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* Slacks are casual trousers.[↗](../../slack/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rope went slack when he let go.[↗](../../slack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pull the washing line tight so it isn't slack.[↗](../../slack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Business at the ice-cream van is slack in winter.[↗](../../slack/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop slacking and finish your homework\![↗](../../slack/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut her some slack — she's had a hard week.[↗](../../slack/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK slang) "You ate all the sweets?[↗](../../slack/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") That's slack!"[↗](../../slack/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad wore smart slacks to the party.[↗](../../slack/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach told us not to slack off in training.[↗](../../slack/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Fear fell llke night around the Fianna, and they stood with slack knees and hanging hands waiting for death.[↗](../../slack/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and repayeth them that hate Him to their face, to destroy them; He will not be slack to him that hateth Him, He will repay him to his face.[↗](../../slack/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.7.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slack/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it; for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it will be sin in thee.[↗](../../slack/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slack/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · All hands shall be slack, and all knees shall drip with water.[↗](../../slack/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.7.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slack/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore shall all hands be slack, and every heart of man shall melt.[↗](../../slack/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.13.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slack/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Even one that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.[↗](../../slack/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.18.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slack/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **slacken** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something less tight, or to become less tight: slacken a rope.[↗](../../slacken/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To become slower, weaker or less busy: the pace slackened, the rain slackened.[↗](../../slacken/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Slacken the rope a little so the knot comes undone.[↗](../../slacken/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain slackened and we went out to play.[↗](../../slacken/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Near the finish line, the runner did not slacken his pace.[↗](../../slacken/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sail slackened when the wind dropped.[↗](../../slacken/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Traffic slackens after rush hour.[↗](../../slacken/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't slacken your effort before the test.[↗](../../slacken/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At length the horse slackened its pace.[↗](../../slacken/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") ‘Look and see who is behind you,’ it said; and the young man looked.[↗](../../slacken/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant: 'Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.'[↗](../../slacken/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.4.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slacken/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **slacking** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Slacking means being lazy and not doing work you should be doing.[↗](../../slacking/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Slacking means getting looser or slower, like a rope or the wind (often «slackening»).[↗](../../slacking/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stop slacking and get on with your work.[↗](../../slacking/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach said, «No slacking at training!»[↗](../../slacking/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was caught slacking on his phone.[↗](../../slacking/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I've been slacking with my reading this week.[↗](../../slacking/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We can't afford to start slacking now.[↗](../../slacking/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **slag** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Rocky waste left over when metal is taken from ore.[↗](../../slag/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, rude, offensive) An insulting word for a woman; never use it.[↗](../../slag/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* slag off (UK, slang) To criticise someone rudely behind their back.[↗](../../slag/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old mine left a huge slag heap.[↗](../../slag/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Slag from the furnace was dumped by the river.[↗](../../slag/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop slagging off your sister; it's unkind.[↗](../../slag/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He slagged off the referee after the match.[↗](../../slag/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The grey slag looked like rough stone.[↗](../../slag/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling someone that word is rude and hurtful.[↗](../../slag/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **slain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, old-fashioned) Killed violently, especially in battle or in stories.[↗](../../slain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The dragon was slain."[↗](../../slain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Killed.[↗](../../slain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the slain soldiers".[↗](../../slain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang, from «slay») Overwhelmed with laughter or amazement — "I'm slain" (rare); "slay" in slang means do something brilliantly.[↗](../../slain/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "You slayed!"[↗](../../slain/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight has slain the dragon\![↗](../../slain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many soldiers were slain in the battle.[↗](../../slain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Goliath was slain by David.[↗](../../slain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper headline said "Police officer slain".[↗](../../slain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · St George is said to have slain a dragon.[↗](../../slain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "You totally slayed that dance!"[↗](../../slain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../slain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I have not slain a single man of your troop.[↗](../../slain/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.[↗](../../slain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain.[↗](../../slain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.21.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore unto them, therefore He hath slain them in the wilderness.[↗](../../slain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.14.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Jonathan upon thy high places is slain\![↗](../../slain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.1.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.[↗](../../slain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.5.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy beauty, O Israel, upon thy high places is slain\![↗](../../slain/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.1.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slain/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **slam** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To slam a door, window or lid is to shut it hard and loudly.[↗](../../slam/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To slam something down or into something is to put or push it with great force.[↗](../../slam/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To slam into something is to crash into it.[↗](../../slam/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To slam someone or something (informal) is to criticise them strongly.[↗](../../slam/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A slam is the loud noise of something shutting or hitting hard.[↗](../../slam/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A slam dunk in basketball is when a player jumps and pushes the ball down through the hoop.[↗](../../slam/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She slammed the door and stormed upstairs.[↗](../../slam/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't slam the door; you'll wake the baby.[↗](../../slam/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind slammed the gate shut.[↗](../../slam/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The driver slammed on the brakes.[↗](../../slam/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The car slammed into the fence.[↗](../../slam/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He slammed his books down on the desk.[↗](../../slam/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard the slam of a car door.[↗](../../slam/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The player made a slam dunk.[↗](../../slam/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Go then!’ cried Tephany, and entering the house she slammed the door behind her.[↗](../../slam/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **slander** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Untrue spoken words that harm someone's good name.[↗](../../slander/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To tell lies about someone in order to harm their name.[↗](../../slander/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The spiteful girl spread slander about her friend.[↗](../../slander/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't slander people by telling lies.[↗](../../slander/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old woman began to slander the young queen.[↗](../../slander/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Slander can hurt a person deeply.[↗](../../slander/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.[↗](../../slander/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.50.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slander/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.[↗](../../slander/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slander/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool.[↗](../../slander/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.10.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slander/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **slang** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very informal words and phrases used in casual talk, often by a group such as young people, and not used in formal writing.[↗](../../slang/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, UK, informal) slanging match: an angry argument with insults.[↗](../../slang/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Cool" is slang for "very good".[↗](../../slang/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't use slang in your essay.[↗](../../slang/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australian slang, "arvo" means afternoon.[↗](../../slang/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cockney rhyming slang uses "apples and pears" for stairs.[↗](../../slang/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandad doesn't understand our slang.[↗](../../slang/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "Quid" is British slang for a pound.[↗](../../slang/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The neighbours had a slanging match over the fence.[↗](../../slang/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Real fairies never preach or talk slang.[↗](../../slang/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **slangy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Using a lot of slang: very informal, everyday words and phrases, like «gonna», «cool» or «mate».[↗](../../slangy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sounding like slang, not like proper or formal writing.[↗](../../slangy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His slangy texts are full of «gonna» and «wanna».[↗](../../slangy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That word is too slangy for your report.[↗](../../slangy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The book has slangy dialogue that sounds real.[↗](../../slangy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her slangy speech made her friends laugh.[↗](../../slangy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Change the slangy words into formal English.[↗](../../slangy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "Cheers, mate" is a slangy way of saying thank you.[↗](../../slangy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **slant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A slant is a line or surface that slopes, not straight up or flat.[↗](../../slant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To slant means to lean or slope.[↗](../../slant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A slant is also a particular way of seeing or telling something, sometimes unfairly, like a story with a slant.[↗](../../slant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her handwriting slants to the right.[↗](../../slant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain fell at a slant.[↗](../../slant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The roof slants down to the garden.[↗](../../slant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a slanted line from corner to corner.[↗](../../slant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun's rays slanted through the window.[↗](../../slant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The article had a slant towards one team.[↗](../../slant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave the old story a fresh slant.[↗](../../slant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So the drakling wriggled through the hole, and began to crawl faster and faster down the slanting shaft that leads to the fire in the middle of the earth.[↗](../../slant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.[↗](../../slant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In that day the LORD with His sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant serpent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea.[↗](../../slant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.27.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../slant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **slap** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hit someone or something with an open hand.[↗](../../slap/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hit with an open hand.[↗](../../slap/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To put something down quickly and noisily.[↗](../../slap/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "She slapped the book on the desk."[↗](../../slap/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Informal: exactly, directly.[↗](../../slap/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "slap in the middle".[↗](../../slap/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Never slap anyone.[↗](../../slap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He slapped his knee and laughed.[↗](../../slap/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She slapped the mosquito on her arm.[↗](../../slap/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They slapped on some sun cream and ran outside.[↗](../../slap/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad gave him a friendly slap on the back.[↗](../../slap/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fish slapped its tail on the water.[↗](../../slap/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In his eagerness to kill it, he hit himself a smart slap.[↗](../../slap/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **slapstick** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kind of comedy with funny falls, crashes, chases, custard pies and silly fights where nobody is really hurt.[↗](../../slapstick/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective: slapstick humour, a slapstick film.[↗](../../slapstick/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pantomime was full of slapstick.[↗](../../slapstick/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The clown slipped on a banana skin — classic slapstick.[↗](../../slapstick/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother laughs at slapstick cartoons.[↗](../../slapstick/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Slapstick comedy doesn't need words.[↗](../../slapstick/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film had lots of slapstick chases.[↗](../../slapstick/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't copy slapstick stunts at home; real falls hurt.[↗](../../slapstick/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **slash** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To cut something with a long, quick, violent stroke of a blade.[↗](../../slash/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To reduce prices, costs or numbers by a lot.[↗](../../slash/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A long cut or a wild sweeping blow.[↗](../../slash/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) The sloping line symbol /, used in writing, fractions, dates and web addresses.[↗](../../slash/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (UK, slang, rude-ish) «Have a slash» means go for a wee (urinate); it is crude and not for school.[↗](../../slash/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write three quarters as 3/4, with a slash.[↗](../../slash/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop has slashed its prices by half.[↗](../../slash/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirate slashed the rope with his sword.[↗](../../slash/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Someone slashed the tyres on our car.[↗](../../slash/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Type "and/or" with a slash between the words.[↗](../../slash/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers in some rainforests use slash-and-burn farming.[↗](../../slash/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a long slash in the tent after the storm.[↗](../../slash/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK slang, crude) "Back in a minute, I need a slash."[↗](../../slash/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He slashed into them with a stick and brought them low.[↗](../../slash/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **slat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long, thin, flat strip of wood, metal or plastic, usually one of a row with gaps between, as in a fence, bed, bench or blind.[↗](../../slat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sunlight shone through the slats of the blind.[↗](../../slat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · One of the bed slats broke when we jumped on the bed.[↗](../../slat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The park bench has green wooden slats.[↗](../../slat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat peeped through the slats of the fence.[↗](../../slat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tilt the slats to let in more light.[↗](../../slat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a bird table from old slats.[↗](../../slat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Tin Woodman saw that his terrible Beast was nothing but a lot of skins, sewn together, with slats to keep their sides out.[↗](../../slat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/53/) **54** [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/55/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/53/) - next →: [page 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/55/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)