5 letter words starting with sl

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  • SLABS
  • SLACK
  • SLADE
  • SLAES
  • SLAGS
  • SLAID
  • SLAIN
  • SLAKE
  • SLAMS
  • SLANE
  • SLANG
  • SLANK
  • SLANT
  • SLAPS
  • SLART
  • SLASH
  • SLATE
  • SLATS
  • SLATY
  • SLAVE
  • SLAWS
  • SLAYS
  • SLEBS
  • SLEDS
  • SLEEK
  • SLEEP
  • SLEER
  • SLEET
  • SLEPT
  • SLEWS
  • SLEYS
  • SLICE
  • SLICK
  • SLIDE
  • SLIER
  • SLILY
  • SLIME
  • SLIMS
  • SLIMY
  • SLING
  • SLINK
  • SLIPE
  • SLIPS
  • SLIPT
  • SLISH
  • SLITS
  • SLIVE
  • SLOAN
  • SLOBS
  • SLOES
  • SLOGS
  • SLOID
  • SLOJD
  • SLOKA
  • SLOMO
  • SLOOM
  • SLOOP
  • SLOOT
  • SLOPE
  • SLOPS
  • SLOPY
  • SLORM
  • SLOSH
  • SLOTH
  • SLOTS
  • SLOVE
  • SLOWS
  • SLOYD
  • SLUBB
  • SLUBS
  • SLUED
  • SLUES
  • SLUFF
  • SLUGS
  • SLUIT
  • SLUMP
  • SLUMS
  • SLUNG
  • SLUNK
  • SLURB
  • SLURP
  • SLURS
  • SLUSE
  • SLUSH
  • SLUTS
  • SLYER
  • SLYLY
  • SLYPE

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Definition of slats

slats (noun)

  1. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath) or metal.
  2. (aeronautical) A movable control surface at the leading edge of a wing that when moved, changes the chord line of the airfoil, affecting the angle of attack. Employed in conjunction with flaps to allow for a lower stall speed in the landing attitude, facilitating slow flight.
  3. A ski.
  4. A thin piece of stone; a slate.

slats (verb)

  1. To construct or provide with slats.
  2. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
  3. To split; to crack.
  4. To set on; to incite.

Definition of slept

slept (verb)

  1. To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
  2. (of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
  3. To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
  4. To accommodate in beds.
  5. To be slumbering in (a state).
  6. To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
  7. To be dead; to lie in the grave.
  8. To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
  9. To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
  10. To place into a state of hibernation.

Definition of slice

slice (noun)

  1. That which is thin and broad.
  2. A thin, broad piece cut off.
  3. An amount of anything.
  4. A piece of pizza.
  5. A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
  6. A broad, thin piece of plaster.
  7. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
  8. A salver, platter, or tray.
  9. A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
  10. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
  11. A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
  12. A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
  13. Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
  14. A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
  15. A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
  16. A contiguous portion of an array.

slice (verb)

  1. To cut into slices.
  2. To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
  3. To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
  4. To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
  5. To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
  6. To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
  7. To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
  8. To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.

slice (adjective)

  1. Having the properties of a slice knot.

Definition of slows

slows (verb)

  1. To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
  2. To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
  3. To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.

slows (noun)

  1. Milk sickness

Definition of slurs

slurs (noun)

  1. An insult or slight.
  2. A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
  3. The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
  4. A trick or deception.
  5. In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.

slurs (verb)

  1. To insult or slight.
  2. To run together; to articulate poorly.
  3. To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
  4. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
  5. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
  6. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
  7. To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.