What does each word mean? A sleigh is a vehicle on runners which is pulled by horses or dogs over snow. As a verb, the word describes the act of riding in a sleigh. Here is sleigh used in some example sentences: Santa Claus delivers presents in a flying sleigh pulled by reindeer. Do you hear the sleigh bells jingling? We sleighed through the snow. Slay means destroy or kill. Here is slay used in some an example sentence: The show about a teenager who slays vampire. Where does each word come from? The word sleigh dates to 1703 and comes from Dutch the ‘slee’, which is a shortened versio...
What does each word mean? The word rain is used as both a noun (to describe water that falls in drops from the vapour condensed in the atmosphere) and as a verb (to describe the act of water droplets falling from the sky). Click here for the full Spellzone dictionary definition of the word. Here is rain used in some example sentences: The rain was heavy in the morning but slowed to a light drizzle by lunchtime. It rained heavily in the morning but at lunchtime the sun came out. The soldier dodged the bullets raining down on him and searched for cover. Click here to find the Spellzone vocabulary lists related to the word rain. As a noun, reign refers to the period d...
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