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slew
slew 1 also slue S0471800 (slo͞o)n. Informal A large amount or number; a lot: a slew of unpaid bills.
[Irish Gaelic sluagh, multitude, from Old Irish slúag.]
slew 2 S0471800 (slo͞o)v.A past tense of slay.
slew 3 S0471800 (slo͞o)n. Variant of slough1.
slew 4 also slue S0471800 (slo͞o)v.tr. slewed, slew·ing, slews also slued or slu·ing or slues 1. To turn (something) on an axis; rotate: slewed the swivel chair around; slewing the boom of a crane.2. To turn sharply; veer: braked and slewed the car around.v.intr.1. To turn about an axis: "The violet eyes slewed from door to window as if desperate for escape" (P.D. James).2. To turn or slide sideways or off course; skid.n. The act of slewing.
[Origin unknown.]slew (sluː) vb the past tense of slay
slew (sluː) or sluevb1. to twist or be twisted sideways, esp awkwardly: he slewed around in his chair. 2. (Nautical Terms) nautical to cause (a mast) to rotate in its step or (of a mast) to rotate in its stepnthe act of slewing[C18: of unknown origin]
slew (sluː) n a variant spelling (esp US) of slough12
slew (sluː) or slueninformal chiefly US and Canadian a great number or amount; a lot[C20: from Irish Gaelic sluagh; related to Old Irish slōg army]slew1 (slu)
v. pt. of slay. slew2 (slu)
n. Informal. a large number or quantity: a whole slew of people. [1830–40, Amer.; < Irish sluagh crowd, army, host] slew3 (slu)
v.t., v.i.
n. slue 1. slew4 (slu)
n. slough 1 (def. 3). slew
Past participle: slewed
Gerund: slewing
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| I slew | | you slew | | he/she/it slews | | we slew | | you slew | | they slew |
| Preterite |
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| I slewed | | you slewed | | he/she/it slewed | | we slewed | | you slewed | | they slewed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am slewing | | you are slewing | | he/she/it is slewing | | we are slewing | | you are slewing | | they are slewing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have slewed | | you have slewed | | he/she/it has slewed | | we have slewed | | you have slewed | | they have slewed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was slewing | | you were slewing | | he/she/it was slewing | | we were slewing | | you were slewing | | they were slewing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had slewed | | you had slewed | | he/she/it had slewed | | we had slewed | | you had slewed | | they had slewed |
| Future |
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| I will slew | | you will slew | | he/she/it will slew | | we will slew | | you will slew | | they will slew |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have slewed | | you will have slewed | | he/she/it will have slewed | | we will have slewed | | you will have slewed | | they will have slewed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be slewing | | you will be slewing | | he/she/it will be slewing | | we will be slewing | | you will be slewing | | they will be slewing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been slewing | | you have been slewing | | he/she/it has been slewing | | we have been slewing | | you have been slewing | | they have been slewing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been slewing | | you will have been slewing | | he/she/it will have been slewing | | we will have been slewing | | you will have been slewing | | they will have been slewing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been slewing | | you had been slewing | | he/she/it had been slewing | | we had been slewing | | you had been slewing | | they had been slewing |
| Conditional |
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| I would slew | | you would slew | | he/she/it would slew | | we would slew | | you would slew | | they would slew |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have slewed | | you would have slewed | | he/she/it would have slewed | | we would have slewed | | you would have slewed | | they would have slewed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  slew - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sightlarge indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitudedeluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | | Verb | 1. |  slew - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"sheer, slue, swerve, trend, veer, curve, cutturn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"peel off - leave a formationyaw - swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it" | | 2. | slew - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"slide, slue, slip, skidsubmarine - move forward or under in a sliding motion; "The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car"skid - slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"side-slip - slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axisglide - move smoothly and effortlessly |
slew also slue
nounInformal. An indeterminately great amount or number:jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion.Informal: bushel, gob (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck, scad (often used in plural), wad, zillion.Translationsslew1 (sluː) verb to (cause to) turn or swing in a certain direction. The car skidded and slewed across the road. 旋轉 旋转slew
slews of (something)Large numbers or amounts of something; lots of something. We've been coming up against slews of legal issues getting our new subsidiary set up overseas. There are slews of old computer parts scattered around the workshop, so have a look and see if you can find something you need.See also: of, slewa slew of (something)A very large number or amount of something; a lot of something. We've been coming up against a slew of legal issues getting our new subsidiary set up overseas. There are a slew of old computer parts scattered around the workshop, so have a look and see if you can find something you need.See also: of, slewslewedslang Very drunk. We had nearly four bottles of wine at lunch, so we were all pretty good and slewed by the end of the meal. You were supposed to be getting things ready for our presentation tomorrow, but instead you spent the whole night getting slewed with your ex-boyfriend!See also: slewslew1. in. to drink to intoxication. They must have been slewing for an hour before one got up and left. 2. and slews n. a lot; lots. I have a whole slew of old computer programs at home in a box somewhere. slews verbSee slewSee also: slewslewed and slewy and slued and sloughed (up) (slud and ˈslui and slud...) mod. alcohol intoxicated. Wallace is too slewed to drive. See also: slewEncyclopediaSeeSloughMedicalSeesloughSLEW
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slew
Synonyms for slewnoun an indeterminately great amount or numberSynonyms- jillion
- million
- multiplicity
- ream
- trillion
- bushel
- gob
- heap
- load
- lot
- oodles
- passel
- peck
- scad
- wad
- zillion
Synonyms for slewnoun (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extentSynonyms- good deal
- great deal
- hatful
- lot
- muckle
- passel
- peck
- mickle
- mint
- quite a little
- spate
- tidy sum
- wad
- stack
- raft
- mountain
- pile
- plenty
- mass
- batch
- heap
- deal
- flock
- pot
- mess
- sight
Related Words- large indefinite amount
- large indefinite quantity
- deluge
- flood
- inundation
- torrent
- haymow
verb turn sharplySynonyms- sheer
- slue
- swerve
- trend
- veer
- curve
- cut
Related Wordsverb move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled mannerSynonymsRelated Words- submarine
- skid
- side-slip
- glide
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