Definition of slate Slate

/slejˈt/ - [sleyt] - slate

We found 35 definitions of slate from 7 different sources.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: slates

slate - a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
  ticket
  list, listing a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
slate - thin layers of rock used for roofing
  slating
  roofing material building material used in constructing roofs
slate - (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
slate - a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

Verb

sleats, sleating, sleaten  

slate - cover with slate; "slate the roof"
  roof provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof
slate - enter on a list or slate for an election; "He was slated for borough president"
  cross-file, register have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
slate - designate or schedule; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor"
  destine, intend, designate, specify decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • slate (v. t.)
    An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
  • slate (v. t.)
    Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
  • slate (v. t.)
    A prepared piece of such stone.
  • slate (v. t.)
    A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.
  • slate (v. t.)
    A tablet for writing upon.
  • slate (v. t.)
    An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
  • slate (v. t.)
    A thin plate of any material; a flake.
  • slate (v. t.)
    A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.
  • slate (v. t.)
    To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
  • slate (v. t.)
    To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
  • slate (v. t.)
    To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • slate
    An official list of candidates during an election.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • slate
    slāt, n. a highly metamorphosed argillaceous rock, fine-grained and fissile, and of a dull blue, gray, purple, or green colour—used in thin slabs of small size for ordinary roofs, and in larger slabs for dairy-fittings, wash-tubs, cisterns, tables, &c., and when polished for writing-slates and 'black-boards:' a piece of slate for roofing, or for writing upon: a preliminary list of candidates before a caucus.—adj. bluish-gray, slate-coloured.—v.t. to cover with slate: to enter on a slate.—ns. Slate′-axe, a slater's tool, a sax; Slate′-clay, a fissile shale.—adjs. Slā′ted, covered with slates; Slate′-gray, of a light slate colour.—ns. Slate′-pen′cil, a cut or turned stick of soft slate, or of compressed moistened slate-powder, for writing on slate; Slā′ter; Slā′tiness, the quality of being slaty; Slā′ting, the act of covering with slates: a covering of slates: materials for slating.—adj. Slā′ty, resembling slate: having the nature or properties of slate. [O. Fr. esclat—Old High Ger. slīzan, Ger. schleissen, to split.]
  • slate
    slāt, v.t. to abuse, criticise severely: (prov.) to set a dog at.—n. Slā′ting, a severe criticism. [A.S. slítan, to slit.]

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • slate
    A sheet. CANT.

Part of speech

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  • slate, verb, present, 1st person singular of slate (infinitive).
  • slate, verb (infinitive).
  • slate, noun, singular of slates.

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