Slatenoun
A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
Slavenoun
A person who is the property of another person and whose labor (and sometimes also whose life) is subject to the owner's volition.
Slatenoun
(uncountable) The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
Slavenoun
A person who is legally obliged by prior contract (oral or written) to work for another, with contractually limited rights to bargain; an indentured servant.
Slatenoun
(countable) A sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by younger children for writing practice in schools.
Slavenoun
A drudge; one who labours like a slave.
Slatenoun
(countable) A roofing-tile made of slate.
Slavenoun
One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders to something.
‘a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition’;
Slatenoun
(countable) A record of money owed.
‘Put it on my slate – I’ll pay you next week.’;
Slavenoun
An abject person; a wretch.
‘Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill'd/ Mine innocent child? Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing.’;
Slatenoun
A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
‘Roy Disney led the alternative slate of directors for the stockholder vote.’;
Slavenoun
A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually and/or personally) serving one or more masters or mistresses.
Slatenoun
An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
Slavenoun
A person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts or services on a regular or continuing basis.
Slatenoun
A thin plate of any material; a flake.
Slavenoun
(engineering) A device that is controlled by another device.
Slateadjective
Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.
Slaveverb
(intransitive) To work hard.
‘I was slaving all day over a hot stove.’;
Slateverb
(transitive) To cover with slate.
‘The old church ledgers show that the roof was slated in 1775.’;
Slaveverb
(transitive) To enslave.
Slateverb
To criticise harshly.
‘The play was slated by the critics.’;
Slaveverb
(transitive) To place a device under the control of another.
‘to slave a hard disk’;
Slateverb
To schedule.
‘The election was slated for November 2nd.’;
Slavenoun
See Slav.
Slateverb
To anticipate or strongly expect.
‘The next version of our software is slated to be the best release ever.’;
Slavenoun
A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another.
‘Art thou our slave,Our captive, at the public mill our drudge?’;
Slateverb
To set a dog upon (a person).
Slavenoun
One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
Slatenoun
An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
Slavenoun
A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
Slatenoun
Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
Slavenoun
An abject person; a wretch.
Slatenoun
A prepared piece of such stone.
Slaveverb
To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.
Slatenoun
An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
Slaveverb
To enslave.
Slatenoun
A thin plate of any material; a flake.
Slavenoun
a person who is owned by someone
Slatenoun
A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.
Slavenoun
someone who works as hard as a slave
Slateverb
To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
Slavenoun
someone entirely dominated by some influence or person;
‘a slave to fashion’; ‘a slave to cocaine’; ‘his mother was his abject slave’;
Slateverb
To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
Slaveverb
work very hard, like a slave
Slateverb
To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.
Slaveadjective
held in servitude;
‘he was born of slave parents’;
Slatenoun
(formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
Slatenoun
thin layers of rock used for roofing
Slatenoun
a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers
Slatenoun
a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
Slateverb
designate or schedule;
‘He slated his talk for 9 AM’; ‘She was slated to be his successor’;
Slateverb
enter on a list or slate for an election;
‘He was slated for borough president’;
Slateverb
cover with slate;
‘slate the roof’;
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock.