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slag

(slăg)

1. The vitreous mass left as a residue by the smelting of metallic ore.

2. See scoria.

tr. & intr.v. slagged, slag·ging, slags

To change into or form slag.

[Low German slagge, from Middle Low German.]

slag′gy adj.

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slag

(slæɡ)

1. (Metallurgy) Also called: cinder the fused material formed during the smelting or refining of metals by combining the flux with gangue, impurities in the metal, etc. It usually consists of a mixture of silicates with calcium, phosphorus, sulphur, etc. See also basic slag

2. (Geological Science) a mass of rough fragments of pyroclastic rock and cinders derived from a volcanic eruption; scoria

3. (Mining & Quarrying) a mixture of shale, clay, coal dust, and other mineral waste produced during coal mining

4. slang Brit a coarse or dissipated girl or woman

vb, slags, slagging or slagged

(tr) slang (usually foll by off) Brit to abuse (someone) verbally

[C16: from Middle Low German slagge, perhaps from slagen to slay]

ˈslagging n

ˈslaggy adj

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slag

(slæg)

n., v. slagged, slag•ging. n.

1. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.

v.t.

2. to convert into slag.

v.i.

3. to form slag.

[1545–55; < Middle Low German slagge]

slag′gy, adj. -gi•er, -gi•est.

slag

Past participle: slagged
Gerund: slagging

Imperative
slag
slag

Present
I slag
you slag
he/she/it slags
we slag
you slag
they slag

Preterite
I slagged
you slagged
he/she/it slagged
we slagged
you slagged
they slagged

Present Continuous
I am slagging
you are slagging
he/she/it is slagging
we are slagging
you are slagging
they are slagging

Present Perfect
I have slagged
you have slagged
he/she/it has slagged
we have slagged
you have slagged
they have slagged

Past Continuous
I was slagging
you were slagging
he/she/it was slagging
we were slagging
you were slagging
they were slagging

Past Perfect
I had slagged
you had slagged
he/she/it had slagged
we had slagged
you had slagged
they had slagged

Future
I will slag
you will slag
he/she/it will slag
we will slag
you will slag
they will slag

Future Perfect
I will have slagged
you will have slagged
he/she/it will have slagged
we will have slagged
you will have slagged
they will have slagged

Future Continuous
I will be slagging
you will be slagging
he/she/it will be slagging
we will be slagging
you will be slagging
they will be slagging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been slagging
you have been slagging
he/she/it has been slagging
we have been slagging
you have been slagging
they have been slagging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been slagging
you will have been slagging
he/she/it will have been slagging
we will have been slagging
you will have been slagging
they will have been slagging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been slagging
you had been slagging
he/she/it had been slagging
we had been slagging
you had been slagging
they had been slagging

Conditional
I would slag
you would slag
he/she/it would slag
we would slag
you would slag
they would slag

Past Conditional
I would have slagged
you would have slagged
he/she/it would have slagged
we would have slagged
you would have slagged
they would have slagged

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Noun	1.	slag - the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals scoria, dross scum - a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid basic slag - slag produced in making steel; low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate; useful as fertilizer
Verb	1.	slag - convert into slag convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"

slag

noun (Brit. slang) tart (informal), scrubber (Brit. & Austral. slang), whore, pro (slang), brass (slang), prostitute, hooker (U.S. slang), hustler (U.S. & Canad. slang), moll (slang), call girl, courtesan, working girl (facetious slang), harlot, slapper (Brit. informal), streetwalker, camp follower, loose woman, fallen woman, strumpet, trollop, white slave, bawd (archaic), cocotte, fille de joie (French) She became a slag, a tart, a hustler, a lost girl.

slag something or someone off (Slang) criticize, abuse, malign, slam, insult, mock, slate, slang, deride, berate, slander, diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), lambast(e), flame (informal) People keep slagging me off.

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Translations

herunterputzen Schlacke Schlampe verschlacken

huorakuonaloatalutkamustamaalata

šljakatroskazgura

slag

¹ [slæg]

A. N (Min) → escoria f

B. CPD slag heap N → escorial m

slag

² [slæg] N (Brit) (pej) (= slut) → puta f, ramera f

slag off VT + ADV (esp Brit) (= criticize) → poner como un trapo

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slag

[ˈslæg]

(= waste material) → scories fpl

(British) (pejorative) (= slut) → salope f

slag off

vt sep (British) → dire du mal deslag heap n (at mine) → terril m

slag

→ Schlacke f

(Brit sl: = woman) → Schlampe f (inf)

vt (Brit inf: = run down) → miesmachen (inf), → runtermachen (inf)

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slag

[slæg]

1. n

a. (waste, from coal mine, smelting) → scorie fpl

b. (Brit) (fam, offensive) → puttana

2. vt (Brit) (fam) to slag sb/sth off → sputtanare qn/qc

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