slate
/sleɪt/ verb C2- To cover (a building, or part of a building such as a floor or roof) with slates (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1).
- To appoint or designate (someone or something); also, to nominate or propose (someone or something); specifically (politics), to nominate or propose (a candidate) for an office.
- To expect (something) with a (strong) degree of certainty; to anticipate, to predict. · The next version of our software is slated to be the best release ever.
- To plan or schedule (something). · The election was slated for November 2nd.
- To provide synchronization information about (a scene, take, etc., of a film recording) using a slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.3.1).
- To scrape (an animal hide) with a slater (“blade originally made of slate”) to remove hairs.
- To cover a building, or part of a building with slates (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1).
- To provide a film recording with synchronization information, especially using a slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.3.1).
He/she/it slates · Past slated · Past participle slated · -ing form slating
Verb forms
- Base form
- slate
- He/she/it
- slates
- Past
- slated
- Past participle
- slated
- -ing form
- slating
From the library
But Ruby Gillis says she saw him writing something on her slate and when Prissy read it she blushed as red as a beet and giggled; and Ruby Gillis says she doesn’t believe it had anything to do with the lesson.”
At once the cap changed to a slate, on which was written in big, white chalk marks:
The little old woman took the slate from her nose, and having read the words on it, asked, “Is your name Dorothy, my dear?”
Phillips said my spelling was disgraceful and he held up my slate so that everybody could see it, all marked over.
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