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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slain/#m1)

2) (adjective) Killed: "the slain soldiers". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slain/#m2)

3) (slang, from «slay») Overwhelmed with laughter or amazement — "I'm slain" (rare); "slay" in slang means do something brilliantly: "You slayed!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slain/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slain/#x1)
- Many soldiers were slain in the battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slain/#x2)
- In the Bible, Goliath was slain by David. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slain/#x3)
- The newspaper headline said "Police officer slain". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slain/#x4)
- St George is said to have slain a dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slain/#x5)
- "You totally slayed that dance!" (slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slain/#x6)
- I have not slain a single man of your troop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slain/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1083/)
- [And when the bullock was slain, the child was brought to Eli.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.25/)
- [And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.107/)
- [And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.657/)
- [Thy beauty, O Israel, upon thy high places is slain!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «slain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.