What part of speech is slay?

Slay can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. slay is a verb, present, 1st person singular of slay (infinitive).
  • 2. slay is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does slay mean?

Definitions

Verb

slay - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

Examples of slay

#   Sentence  
1. verb His jokes really slay me.
2. verb Then on the third day, when they saw the mountain where they had to go to slay Isaac, then Abraham said to those two servants thus:
3. verb 'Now that I have realized that you truly fear God, now that you would slay your only begotten son for him.'
4. verb When Achilles would draw his sword to slay Agamemnon, Athena, invisible to all else, holds him back by a lock of hair. Here Homer shows us the gods as the psychology of ancient Greece.
5. verb We have to get to the dragon and slay it to rescue the princess!
6. verb We need someone to slay the dragon.
7. verb We, massed in onset, make the foe retire, / and slay them, wildered, weetless of the way. / Fortune, with favouring smile, assists our first essay.
8. verb All to the strange encounter, sword in hand, / rush forth, these miscreants of the deep to slay.
9. verb Slay the prince and come back to us!
10. verb Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.
11. verb Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?
12. verb Sometimes you have to slay a few dragons to get to the princess.
13. verb The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them.
14. verb 'Twas Thomas who did slay the dragon.
Sentence  
verb
His jokes really slay me.
Then on the third day, when they saw the mountain where they had to go to slay Isaac, then Abraham said to those two servants thus:
'Now that I have realized that you truly fear God, now that you would slay your only begotten son for him.'
When Achilles would draw his sword to slay Agamemnon, Athena, invisible to all else, holds him back by a lock of hair. Here Homer shows us the gods as the psychology of ancient Greece.
We have to get to the dragon and slay it to rescue the princess!
We need someone to slay the dragon.
We, massed in onset, make the foe retire, / and slay them, wildered, weetless of the way. / Fortune, with favouring smile, assists our first essay.
All to the strange encounter, sword in hand, / rush forth, these miscreants of the deep to slay.
Slay the prince and come back to us!
Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.
Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?
Sometimes you have to slay a few dragons to get to the princess.
The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them.
'Twas Thomas who did slay the dragon.

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