Synonym: slating, ticket. Similar words: translate, legislator, legislation, legislative, translation, legislature, late, later. Meaning: [sleɪt] n. 1. (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate 2. thin layers of rock used for roofing 3. a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers 4. a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices. v. 1. designate or schedule 2. enter on a list or slate for an election 3. cover with slate.
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31) By flaking off successive layers, the tree displays a bark of beige, cinnamon, lime green and slate blue.
32) The mill still stands and is a curious mixture of brick, elm, slate and corrugated iron.
33) The pink brick and grey slate was catching the dying rays of the sun.
34) Suppose that a slate falls from our roof, leaving the attic exposed.
35) The bright light of Provence changed theatrically as the sky darkened to grey, then turned slate purple.
36) The bambina hardly knows me, let's give her, too, a start on a clean slate.
37) He promptly went into Cicero politics, runnIng his own slate of candidates.
38) Outside the snow was already melting on the slate roofs of the houses.
39) The falls of the flowers are a delicate yellowish green veined with slate blue.
40) We have often supplied rocks or slate, only to find the eggs laid on the side of the tank.
41) First among these was the introduction of penances which, it was hoped, would wipe the slate clean.
42) A lumberjack peered down from the slate above the door.
43) If the purists object to removing a slate roof and replacing it, then tough.
44) There was another Bentley outside the grey slate Gothic place with a smart yellow Cortina snuggling up against it.
45) Can I put it on the slate, and I'll pay at the end of the week?
46) Activity in the slate quarries continues with a mightily impressive new route at Hodge Close from Paul Cornforth.
47) From directly above them came a noise like an explosion in a slate quarry.
48) Most remarkably it continued to function under California's midday sun, when it's slate grey shell was too hot hold!
49) That he would atone for it and so the slate would be wiped clean.
50) A third candidate, radio talk show host Alan Keyes, filed a partial slate.
51) Many Lake District slate quarries are still working, but of course modern roads and vehicles make the job much less dangerous now.
52) An inspection through binoculars revealed a vertical slate stack, impossible to see from the cliffs above.
53) The walls were mostly slate, apparently quite normal, grained rock produced by a perfectly standard physical process of alluvial deposition.
54) A wind-blown polystyrene tray squeals along the stained pavement like a nail on slate.
55) When things go wrong Many people today believe that children begin life with a clean slate.
56) He wanted to use the subsidiary as a totally clean slate and he wanted true collaboration from the beginning.
57) A lasting peace requires the slate to be wiped clean.
58) This cleans the slate making it less likely that you will feel guilty or succumb to any future pressure or emotional blackmail.
59) A white cottage with a grey slate roof and a black chimney and a bright butter-yellow front door.
60) This volume will not include the slate crags,[www.Sentencedict.com] and by now a comprehensive new guide to these popular diversions should be available.
More similar words: translate, legislator, legislation, legislative, translation, legislature, late, later, plate, lately, latent, relate, isolate, related, emulate, violate, isolated, percolate, regulate, calculate, chocolate, insulated, stimulate, coagulate, speculate, manipulate, articulate, immaculate, contemplate, congratulate.