Definition of slain

"slain" in the noun sense

1. slain

people who have been slain (as in battle)

"slain" in the verb sense

1. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove

kill intentionally and with premeditation

"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

"slain" in the adjective sense

1. slain

killed `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"

"a picture of St. George and the slain dragon"

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Quotations for slain

He who fights and runs away
May live to fight another day.
But he who is in battle slain,
Can never rise to fight again. [ Goldsmith ]

For those that fly may fight again.
Which he can never do that's slain. [ Butler ]

We rise by things that are 'neath our feet,
By what we have mastered of good and gain,
By the pride deposed, and passion slain,
And the vanquished ills that we hourly meet. [ J. G. Holland, Pseudonym: Timothy Titcomb ]

Where the deer is slain there will some of his blood lie. [ Proverb ]

Every day is a rampart breach which many men are storming; fall in it who may, no pile is forming of the slain. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Is death more cruel from a private dagger than in the field from murdering swords of thousands? Or does the number slain make slaughter glorious? [ Gibber ]

A little neglect may breed great mischief. For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. [ Benjamin Franklin ]

slain in Scrabble®

The word slain is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters slain:

SNAIL
(18)
SLAIN
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NAILS
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NAILS
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word slain

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In slain

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(18)
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slain in Words With Friends™

The word slain is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters slain:

SLAIN
(33)
NAILS
(33)
NAILS
(33)
SLAIN
(33)
SNAIL
(33)
SNAIL
(33)
 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In slain

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Words containing the sequence slain

Words that start with slain (1 word)

Words with slain in them (1 word)

Words that end with slain (1 word)

Word Growth involving slain

Shorter words in slain

ai lain

in lain

la lain

Longer words containing slain

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