Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Slates for covering roofs, walls, or other surfaces.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Baiting.
- noun An unsparing criticism; a severe reprimand.
- noun The operation of covering roofs with slates.
- noun A roofing of slates.
- noun Slates taken collectively; the material for slating: as, the whole slating of a house.
- noun A liquid preparation for coating blackboards so that they may be marked upon with chalk or steatite: generally called
liquid slating . Such preparations are better than oil-paint, as they do not glaze the surface.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater.
- noun Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
slate . - noun
Slates collectively. - noun
Material for slating. - noun informal A harsh
criticism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of laying slates for a roof
- noun a severely critical attack
- noun thin layers of rock used for roofing
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Examples
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He took great pleasure in slating her for her affair with John Major and her ministerial career (although he seemed a bit short of detail on the latter).
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I have in old days given to a few novels (though, of course, only when they richly deserved it) what is called a "slating" -- an
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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MI & FL can do all the posturing they want by 'slating' delegates for Denver, but they're as relevant as their shadows until the rules are changed.
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A widowed sister-in-law looks after his house for him and her sons manage the business of slating which is connected with the trade in slate and is scarcely inferior to it in size.
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One of the five Court Justices is my favorite, Judge Ann Burke, who is married to the very powerful Ward Boss, Alderman Ed Burke, chairman of the Cook County's Democratic Judicial slating committee, i. e. picks the party's judges for the ballot, who strongly favors Rahm's opponent Gery Chico.
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I think about how I talk with my husband, the jokes I make about him being Irish, the slating I get from him for being from Manchester.
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Alexis Petridis's slating of the new Viva Brother album won some interesting responses.
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Elsewhere it reports: "We noted one or two tabbed slates indicating that the slating nails are now beginning to reach the end of their serviceable life and whilst re-covering the roof is not considered essential, as repairs become more frequent it may prove cost effective to re-cover this roof within the next 10-15 years."
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This reminds me a little of when one of the actress from freddy vs jason started slating the film before it even came out.
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One of the five Court Justices is my favorite, Judge Ann Burke, who is married to the very powerful Ward Boss, Alderman Ed Burke, chairman of the Cook County's Democratic Judicial slating committee, i. e. picks the party's judges for the ballot, who strongly favors Rahm's opponent Gery Chico.
Sugar Rautbord: Man on Five: The Chicago Mayoral Race Sugar Rautbord 2011
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