slag

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[edit] Etymology

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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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; a 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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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

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

  1. (transitive) To make slag.
  2. (transitive, used with off) 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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slag m. (plural slagen, diminutive slagje)

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

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  • IPA: [slɛaː]

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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

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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

[edit] Swedish

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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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Declension of slag
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slag slaget slag slagen
genitive slags slagets slags slagens

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