To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation.
To criticise harshly.
To cover with slate.
To schedule.
To set a dog upon (a person).
To anticipate or strongly expect.
To nominate, appoint, or designate.
An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
A record of money owed.
A tablet computer.
A thin plate of any material; a flake.
A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools.
A roofing-tile made of slate.
Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.