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

2) (slang) To do something brilliantly or look amazing: «You slayed that dance!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slay/#m2)

3) (informal) To make someone laugh a lot: «That joke slays me.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slay/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slay/#x1)
- In the Bible, David slew the giant Goliath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slay/#x2)
- You slayed that song at the talent show! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slay/#x3)
- Her costume totally slays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slay/#x4)
- That cartoon slays me every time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slay/#x5)
- Many soldiers were slain in the battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slay/#x6)
- "Do not slay me," he said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slay/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/485-what-a-real-friend-is/5/)
- [Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.524/)
- [And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.585/)
- [And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1196/)
- [And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1204/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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