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slattern away

slattern away verb: to consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste.

Verb

slattern away (third-person singular simple present slatterns away, present participle slatterning away, simple past and past participle slatterned away)

  1. (dated, transitive) To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste.
    • October 30, 1755 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, The World
      I have known many a passion and many a friendship degraded, weakened, and at last, if I may use the expression, wholly slatterned away, by an unguarded and illiberal familiarity.

Forms of slattern away

third-person singular presentslatterns away
present participleslatterning away
past participleslatterned away
pastslatterned away

Questions about slattern away

What does slattern away mean?
Slattern away means to consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste.
What part of speech is slattern away?
Slattern away is a verb.
What is the past tense of slattern away?
The past tense of slattern away is slatterned away.

Words near slattern away in the dictionary

  1. slatted
  2. slatter
  3. slattered
  4. slattering
  5. slattern
  6. slattern away
  7. slatterned away
  8. slatterning away
  9. slatternish
  10. slatternliness
  11. slatternly

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