slain

See also: sláin, sla in, and slå in

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: slān, IPA^(key): /sleɪn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

Verb

slain

1. past participle of slay

Related terms

• self-slain

Noun

slain pl (plural only)

1. (with "the") Those who have been killed.
   • 1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza LXIII, page 36:

     […] Morat ! the proud, the patriot field ! where man / May gaze on ghastly trophies of the slain, / Nor blush for those who conquered on that plain ; / Here Burgundy bequeath'd his tombless host, / A bony heap, through ages to remain, / Themselves their monument ;— the Stygian coast / Unsepulchred they roam'd, and shriek'd each wandering ghost.

   • 1906, Mary Elizabeth Lewis, The ethics of Wagner's The ring of the Nibelung, page 41:

     While the Valkyries were the choosers of the valorous slain, they were also obedient to the call of any in distress who asked their help.

Anagrams

• Nilas, Sinla, nails, snail, lains, Lians, sinal, Nails, salin, Lains, Aslin, nilas, anils