The meaning of Slate

Slate – definition

noun
A fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat plates.
Usage examples:
Slate quarries
noun
A flat plate of slate formerly used for writing on in schools.
Usage examples:
The teacher was demonstrating, the children copying on to slates
noun
A bluish-grey colour.
Usage examples:
Suits of slate grey
noun
A list of candidates for election to a post or office, typically a group sharing a set of political views.
Usage examples:
Candidates on the left's slate won 74 per cent of constituency votes
noun
A board showing the identifying details of a take in a film, held in front of the camera at the beginning and end of the take.
Usage examples:
The electronic time-code system allowed us to shoot with or without conventional slates

verb
Cover (something, especially a roof) with slates.
Usage examples:
He was working for his father slating a new roof
verb
Criticize severely.
Usage examples:
His work was slated by the critics
Synonims:
Criticize harshly Attack Pillory Lambast Condemn Flay Savage Shoot down Revile Vilify Pan Knock Tear/pull/take to pieces Take/pull apart Crucify Hammer Slam Do a hatchet job on Bash Give some
verb
Schedule; plan.
Usage examples:
London shows are slated for late june
verb
Identify (a take in a film) using a slate.
Usage examples:
The assistant cameraman is about to slate the scene

noun
A dark gray rock that can be divided into wide, flat, thin pieces
Usage examples:
The republicans are expected to announce their slate tomorrow., the festival is slated to run here …

Slate translation into English

Slate: translate from English into Chinese

石板

Slate: translate from English into Dutch

Leisteen, Lei, Schalie, Dekken, Met leien bedekken, Afbreken

Slate: translate from English into French

Ardoise, Liste provisoire de candidats, Prévoir, Engueuler, Remporter, Critiquer, Proposer, Réprimander

Slate: translate from English into German

Schiefer, Schiefertafel, Tafel, Schieferplatte, Liste, Kandidatenliste, Verreißen, Vorschlagen, Decken, Ansetzen, Zusammenstauchen

Slate: translate from English into Hindi

स्लेट, पटिया, सिलेट पत्थर बैठाना, रूखा, परतदार पत्थर, आलोचना कर देना, ताड़ना कर देना, गाली देना, दैनिक लदान का लक्ष्य

Slate: translate from English into Italian

Ardesia, Di ardesia, Lavagna, Criticare, Stroncare, Coprire con tegole, Tegola di ardesia

Slate: translate from English into Korean

슬레이트, 석판, 점판암, 후보자 명부, 예정하다, 혹평하다, 후보자 명부에 등록하다, 슬레이트로 이다, 석판색, 석판질의

Slate: translate from English into Russian

Шифер, Список кандидатов, Грифельная доска, Аспидный сланец, Шиферный сланец, Аспид, Шиферная плита, Намечать, Крыть шиферными плитами, Крыть шифером, Делать выговор, Заносить в список кандидатов, Выбранить, Выдвигать на должность, Раскритиковать, Планировать, Назначать, Синевато-серый цвет

Slate: translate from English into Spanish

Pizarra, De pizarra, Color pizarra, Vapulear, Cubrir de pizarras, Anunciar, Nombrar

Word origin

Middle English sclate, sklate, shortening of Old French esclate, feminine synonymous with esclat ‘piece broken off’ (see slat).

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Slate – similar words

slated

verb
Cover (something, especially a roof) with slates.
Usage examples:
He was working for his father slating a new roof

noun
A fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat plates.
Usage examples:
Slate quarries

noun
A flat plate of slate formerly used for writing on in schools.
Usage examples:
The teacher was demonstrating, the children copying on to slates

All meanings and translations of Slated

Slate synonims

attack

verb
Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.
Usage examples:
In february the germans attacked verdun

noun
An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.
Usage examples:
He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb
An offensive against an enemy

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bash

verb
Strike hard and violently.
Usage examples:
They bashed him over the head with a blunt object

noun
A heavy blow.
Usage examples:
A bash on the head

All meanings and translations of Bash

condemn

verb
Express complete disapproval of; censure.
Usage examples:
Most leaders roundly condemned the attack

verb
To criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons
Usage examples:
The movie was condemned for glorifying violence., those who remember the past are not condemned to …

All meanings and translations of Condemn

crucify

verb
Put (someone) to death by nailing or binding them to a cross, especially as an ancient punishment.
Usage examples:
Two thieves were crucified with jesus

verb
To kill someone by tying or nailing the person to a cross
Usage examples:
The media have a tendency to crucify organizations that try to do things differently.

All meanings and translations of Crucify

flay

verb
Strip the skin off (a corpse or carcass).
Usage examples:
The captured general was flayed alive

verb
Strip the skin off

All meanings and translations of Flay

hammer

noun
A tool with a heavy metal head mounted at right angles at the end of a handle, used for jobs such as breaking things and driving in nails.
Usage examples:
Grip pressure should be firm but not tight - about the way you would grip a hammer's handle while d…

verb
Another term for malleus.

proper noun
A british film company (full name hammer film productions) founded in 1948, known especially for its horror films.
Usage examples:
A hammer horror movie

All meanings and translations of Hammer

knock

verb
Strike a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door.
Usage examples:
He strolled over and knocked on a door marked enquiries

noun
A sudden short sound caused by a blow, especially on a door to attract attention or gain entry.
Usage examples:
There was a sudden knock at the door, the noise seemingly unnatural and loud in the silence that i …

verb
To repeatedly hit something, producing a noise
Usage examples:
Someone is knocking at the door., jane knocked on the window to attract his attention., alice accid…

All meanings and translations of Knock

lambast

verb
Criticize (someone or something) harshly.
Usage examples:
They lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth

verb
To criticize someone or something severely
Usage examples:
His first novel was lambasted by the critics.

All meanings and translations of Lambast

pan

noun
A metal container used for cooking food in.
Usage examples:
Heat the olive oil in a heavy pan

verb
Criticize severely.
Usage examples:
The movie was panned by the critics

noun
A panning movement.
Usage examples:
That slow pan over london

All meanings and translations of Pan

pillory

noun
A wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse.
Usage examples:
The punishments for which may be confiscation of the fish, imprisonment, the pillory, and the offen…

verb
Put (someone) in a pillory.

verb
To severely criticize someone, especially in a public way
Usage examples:
Although regularly pilloried by the press as an obnoxious loudmouth, he is, nonetheless, an effecti…

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revile

verb
Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.
Usage examples:
He was now reviled by the party that he had helped to lead

All meanings and translations of Revile

savage

adjective
(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.
Usage examples:
Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun
A brutal or vicious person.
Usage examples:
The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb
(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.
Usage examples:
Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

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slam

verb
Shut (a door, window, or lid) forcefully and loudly.
Usage examples:
He slams the door behind him as he leaves

noun
A loud bang caused by the forceful shutting of something such as a door.
Usage examples:
The door closed with a slam

verb
Close violently

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vilify

verb
Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.
Usage examples:
He has been vilified in the press

verb
To say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of that person or thing
Usage examples:
He claimed he was unfairly vilified by the press.

All meanings and translations of Vilify

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