slattern away en · VERB
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| slatterns away | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| slatterned away | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| slatterned away | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| slatterning away | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |