Толковый словарь английского языка - slate
Slate
slate
I. noun see: slit Date: 14th century a piece of construction material (as laminated rock) prepared as a shingle for roofing and siding, a dense fine-grained metamorphic rock produced by the compression of various sediments (as clay or shale) so as to develop a characteristic cleavage, a tablet (as of ~) used for writing on, 4. a written or unwritten record (as of deeds) , a list of candidates for nomination or election, 5. a dark purplish gray, any of various grays similar in color to common roofing ~s, ~ adjective ~like adjective II. transitive verb (~d; slating) Date: 15th century to cover with ~ or a ~like substance , to designate for a specified purpose or action ; schedule , III. transitive verb (~d; slating) Etymology: probably alteration of 1slat Date: 1825 to thrash or pummel severely, to criticize or censure severely
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n., v., & adj. --n. 1 a fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into flat smooth plates. 2 a piece of such a plate used as roofing-material. 3 a piece of such a plate used for writing on, usu. framed in wood. 4 the colour of slate. 5 US a list of nominees for office etc. --v.tr. 1 cover with slates esp. as roofing. 2 Brit. colloq. criticize severely; scold. 3 US make arrangements for (an event etc.). 4 US propose or nominate for office etc. --adj. made of slate. Phrases and idioms on the slate Brit. recorded as a debt to be paid. slate-blue (or -black) a shade of blue (or black) occurring in slate. slate-colour a dark bluish or greenish grey. slate-coloured of this colour. slate-grey a shade of grey occurring in slate. slate-pencil a small rod of soft slate used for writing on slate. wipe the slate clean forgive or cancel the record of past offences. Derivatives slating n. slaty adj. Etymology: ME s(c)late f. OF esclate, fem. form of esclat SLAT ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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