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Definitions for Slay

[1] to kill by violence.
[2] to destroy; extinguish.
[3] sley.
[4] Slang . to impress strongly; overwhelm, especially by humor: Your jokes slay me. to make a strong impression with: She really slayed her performance last night.
[5] Obsolete . to strike.
[6] to kill or murder.
[7] Slang . to strongly impress or overwhelm someone: His whole album slays.
[8] sley.
[9] the reed of a loom.
[10] the warp count in woven fabrics.
[11] British . the lay of a loom.
[12] to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.
[13] archaic , or literary to kill, esp violently
[14] slang to impress (someone) sexually
[15] obsolete to strike

Words related to Slay

execute, murder, exterminate, massacre, slaughter, dispatch, butcher, destroy, assassinate, do, finish, hit, annihilate, neutralize, liquidate, down, erase, eliminate, waste, snuff

Words nearby Slay

slavonic, slavophile, slavophobe, slavyansk, slaw, slay, slayton, slbm, slcm, sld, sld.

Origin of Slay

eybefore 1050; Middle English sleye, Old English slege weaver's reed; akin to Dutch slag, German Schlag, Old Norse slag, Gothic slahs a blow; see slay

Other words from Slay

slay·a·ble , adjective
slay·er , noun
un·slay·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Slay

Old English slēan; related to Old Norse slā, Gothic, Old High German slahan to strike, Old Irish slacaim I beat

Synonyms for Slay

assassinate, butcher, destroy, dispatch, execute, exterminate, massacre, murder, slaughter, annihilate, do, down, eliminate, erase, finish, hit, liquidate, neutralize, snuff, waste, cut off, do away with, do in, knock off, put away, rub out