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User:Robert Ullmann/Prologue/examples/slag

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See also šlag
  1. (noun) The impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore; also, vitrified cinders.
  2. (noun) The scoria of a volcano.
  3. (noun, UK, Australian, New Zealand, pejorative) A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex. Meaning slut.
  4. (noun) A hard aggregate that is left as a residue from blast furnaces, which may be used as a surfacing material.
  5. (verb, transitive) To make slag.
  6. (verb, transitive) To talk badly about someone; to denigrate someone.
  7. (Dutch, noun) blow, knock
  8. (Dutch, noun) battle
  9. (Dutch, noun) beat, stroke, pulsation
  10. (Faroese, Norwegian, Swedish, noun) hit; punch
  11. (Faroese, noun, medicine) stroke
  12. (Faroese, Norwegian, noun) battle between to armies, navies or air forces
  13. (Faroese, Norwegian, Swedish, noun) kind; sort
  14. (Faroese, noun, biology, taxonomy) species
  15. (Norwegian, noun) stroke (medical)
  16. (Swedish, noun) the hit of a ball by a bat or a racket
  17. (Swedish, noun) battle between two armies, navies or air forces
  18. (Swedish, noun) stroke; the striking of a clock
  19. (Swedish, noun) stroke; the time when a clock strikes
  20. (Swedish, noun, medicine) stroke; a loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
  21. (Swedish, noun) while; moment; a short period of time
  22. (Swedish, noun) A fold on the legs of a pair of trousers, where about an inch of the leg is folded upwards.

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Etymology

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From Swedish slagg, or Middle Low German slacke, whence German Schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering.

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Noun

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Singular
slag

Plural
slags

slag (plural slags)

  1. The impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore; also, vitrified cinders.
  2. The scoria of a volcano.
  3. (UK, Australian, New Zealand, pejorative) A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex. Meaning slut.
  4. A hard aggregate that is left as a residue from blast furnaces, which may be used as a surfacing material.

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Translations

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the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore
the scoria of a volcano
a woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex

Verb

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Infinitive
to slag

Third person singular
slags

Simple past
slagged

Past participle
slagged

Present participle
slagging

to slag (third-person singular simple present slags, present participle slagging, simple past and past participle slagged)

  1. (transitive) To make slag.
  2. (transitive) To talk badly about someone; to denigrate someone.

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to make slag
to talk badly about someone; to denigrate someone
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Noun

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slag m. (plural slagen, diminutive slagje, diminutive plural slagjes)

  1. blow, knock
  2. battle
  3. beat, stroke, pulsation

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Faroese

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slag n.

  1. hit; punch
  2. (medicine) stroke
  3. battle between to armies, navies or air forces
  4. kind; sort
  5. (biology, taxonomy) species

Declension

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n6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative slag slagið sløg sløgini
Accusative slag slagið sløg sløgini
Dative slag(i) slag(i)num sløgum sløgunum
Genitive slags slagsins slaga slaganna

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slag n. (definite singular slaget; indefinite plural slag; definite plural slaga/slagene)

  1. hit; punch
  2. stroke (medical)
  3. battle between to armies, navies or air forces
  4. kind; sort

Swedish

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Noun

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Inflection for slag Singular Plural
neuter Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form slag slaget slag slagen
Possessive form slags slagets slags slagens

slag n.

  1. hit; punch
  2. the hit of a ball by a bat or a racket
  3. battle between two armies, navies or air forces
  4. stroke; the striking of a clock
    Klockan slog just tre slag = The clock just struck three strokes
  5. stroke; the time when a clock strikes
    Han kom precis på slaget midnatt = He came on the stroke of midnight
  6. (medicine) stroke; a loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
  7. kind; sort
    En fågel av ett ovanligt slag = A bird of an unusual kind
  8. while; moment; a short period of time
    Kom hit ett slag! = Come here a minute!
  9. A fold on the legs of a pair of trousers, where about an inch of the leg is folded upwards.

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