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Definition of Slate
1. Verb. Designate or schedule. "She was slated to be his successor"
2. Noun. (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate.
3. Verb. Enter on a list or slate for an election. "He was slated for borough president"
4. Noun. Thin layers of rock used for roofing.
5. Verb. Cover with slate. "Slate the roof"
6. Noun. A fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers.
7. Noun. A list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices.
Definition of Slate
1. n. An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
2. v. t. To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
3. v. t. To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.
Definition of Slate
1. Noun. A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers. ¹
2. Noun. The bluish-grey colour of most slate. ¹
3. Noun. A sheet of slate for writing on with chalk. ¹
4. Noun. A tile made of slate. ¹
5. Noun. A record of money owed. ¹
6. Noun. A list of affiliated candidates for an election. ¹
7. Adjective. Having the bluish-grey/gray colour/color of slate. ¹
8. Verb. To cover with slate. ¹
9. Verb. (chiefly British) To criticise harshly. ¹
10. Verb. (Chiefly American English) To schedule. ¹
11. Verb. (Chiefly American English) To destine or strongly expect. ¹
12. Verb. To punish severely. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slate
1. to cover with slate (a roofing material) [v SLATED, SLATING, SLATES]
Medical Definition of Slate
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1. To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
2. To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
Origin: Slated; Slating.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Slate
Literary usage of Slate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1917)
"slate 335 " 3500 Sand (Bradford) trace of oil 20 " 3520 slate and shells 175 "
3695 slate and shells 195 " 3890 slate and shells 140 " 4030 slate and shells ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"The land is to lie on the east side of slate Creek, a south-west branch of the
main fork ... slate Creek was well known by this name, but it is a stream of ..."
3. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1907)
"the spectator the slate in my right hand, with the request that he " examine this
slate on both sides." I do not tell him what I intend doing in any manner; ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"slate.— Including argillaceous rocks, which, through the process of shearing and
incidental chemical activity, have undergone a partial met- amorphism, ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1822)
"Porphyritic granite, syenite, basalt, green stone, gneiss, and mica-slate. 3.
Trachyte. ' 4. Amygdaloidal. 1 1. Amygdaloid. 2. Amygdaloidal porphyry, green ..."
6. Annual Report by West Virginia Mines Dept (1905)
"Noah Bange, Algoma Mine, was killed by a fall of slate. ... The man who was
assisting him heard the slate working and called to him to come out. ..."
7. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1907)
"I now bring this large slate into position right over the stack for an ...
I allow the small bound slate under the large one silently to drop upon the stack ..."
8. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1871)
"4' Sand Stone and slate. 8' Fire Clay. 10' slate and Fire Clay. 0' Sand Stone.
2' Fire Clay. 12' slate and Sand Stone. 11' slate, pump. 2' 0" Coal. ..."