verb, slew, slain, slay⋅ing, noun | 1. | to kill by violence. |
| 2. | to destroy; extinguish. |
| 3. | sley. |
| 4. | Informal. to impress strongly; overwhelm, esp. by humor: Your jokes slay me. |
| 5. | Obsolete. to strike. |
| 6. | to kill or murder. |
| 7. | sley. |

noun, plural sleys, verb | 1. | the reed of a loom. |
| 2. | the warp count in woven fabrics. |
| 3. | British. the lay of a loom. |
| 4. | 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. |
slain (slān) v. Past participle of slay. |