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 slack

slack (noun)

  1. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
  2. A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.

slack (adjective)

  1. (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
  2. Weak; not holding fast.
  3. Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
  4. Not active,successful, or violent.
  5. Excess; surplus to requirements.
  6. Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.

slack (adverb)

  1. Slackly.

slack (verb)

  1. To slacken.
  2. To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
  3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.

slack (noun)

  1. A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.

slack (noun)

  1. A valley, or small, shallow dell.

slack (noun)

  1. Small coal; coal dust.

Definition of slags

slags (noun)

  1. Waste material from a coal mine
  2. Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
  3. Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders
  4. Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material
  5. Scoria associated with a volcano
  6. A coward
  7. (chiefly Cockney) a contemptible person, a scumbag
  8. A prostitute
  9. A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut

slags (verb)

  1. To produce slag
  2. To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point
  3. To reduce to slag
  4. (sometimes with "off") to talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone)
  5. To spit

Definition of slake

slake (verb)

  1. To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
  2. To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
  3. To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
  4. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
  5. Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.
  6. To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.
  7. To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.
  8. To go out; to become extinct.

slake (noun)

  1. A sloppy mess.

slake (verb)

  1. To besmear.

Definition of slate

slate (noun)

  1. A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
  2. The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
  3. A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools
  4. A roofing-tile made of slate.
  5. A record of money owed.
  6. A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
  7. An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
  8. A thin plate of any material; a flake.

slate (adjective)

  1. Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.

slate (verb)

  1. To cover with slate.
  2. To criticise harshly.
  3. To schedule.
  4. To anticipate or strongly expect.
  5. To set a dog upon (a person).

Definition of slide

slide (noun)

  1. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
  2. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
  3. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
  4. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
  5. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
  6. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
  7. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
  8. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
  9. A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
  10. (by extension) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
  11. A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
  12. The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
  13. (guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
  14. A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
  15. A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
  16. A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
  17. A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
  18. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
  19. (footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
  20. (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.

slide (verb)

  1. To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface
  2. To move on a low-friction surface.
  3. To drop down and skid into a base.
  4. To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
  5. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
  6. To pass inadvertently.
  7. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
  8. To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.