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slue
slue 1 S0471800 (slo͞o)v. & n. Variant of slew4.
slue 2 S0471800 (slo͞o)n. Variant of slew1.
slue 3 S0471800 (slo͞o)n. Variant of slough1..slue (sluː) n, vb a variant spelling (esp US) of slew2
slue (sluː) n a variant spelling of slough12
slue (sluː) ninformal US a variant spelling of slew4slue1 or slew (slu) v. slued, slu•ing, n. v.i., v.t. 1. to turn or swing around, as a mast on its own axis. n. 2. the act of sluing. 3. a position slued to. [1760–70; orig. uncertain] slue2 (slu) n. Informal. slew 2. slue3 (slu) n. slough 1 (def. 3). slue Past participle: slued Gerund: slueing
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I slue | you slue | he/she/it slues | we slue | you slue | they slue |
Preterite |
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I slued | you slued | he/she/it slued | we slued | you slued | they slued |
Present Continuous |
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I am slueing | you are slueing | he/she/it is slueing | we are slueing | you are slueing | they are slueing |
Present Perfect |
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I have slued | you have slued | he/she/it has slued | we have slued | you have slued | they have slued |
Past Continuous |
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I was slueing | you were slueing | he/she/it was slueing | we were slueing | you were slueing | they were slueing |
Past Perfect |
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I had slued | you had slued | he/she/it had slued | we had slued | you had slued | they had slued |
Future |
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I will slue | you will slue | he/she/it will slue | we will slue | you will slue | they will slue |
Future Perfect |
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I will have slued | you will have slued | he/she/it will have slued | we will have slued | you will have slued | they will have slued |
Future Continuous |
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I will be slueing | you will be slueing | he/she/it will be slueing | we will be slueing | you will be slueing | they will be slueing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been slueing | you have been slueing | he/she/it has been slueing | we have been slueing | you have been slueing | they have been slueing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been slueing | you will have been slueing | he/she/it will have been slueing | we will have been slueing | you will have been slueing | they will have been slueing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been slueing | you had been slueing | he/she/it had been slueing | we had been slueing | you had been slueing | they had been slueing |
Conditional |
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I would slue | you would slue | he/she/it would slue | we would slue | you would slue | they would slue |
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I would have slued | you would have slued | he/she/it would have slued | we would have slued | you would have slued | they would have slued | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | slue - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"sheer, slew, 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. | slue - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"slide, slew, 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 |
slue 1verbTo turn aside sharply from a straight course:chop, cut, sheer, skew, swerve, veer.Nautical: yaw.
slue 2nounSee slewslue
slewedslang 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: slewslues of (something)Large numbers or amounts of something; lots of something. A less common variant of "slews of (something)." We've been coming up against slues of legal issues getting our new subsidiary set up overseas. There are slues of old computer parts scattered around the workshop, so have a look and see if you can find something you need.See also: of, sluea slue of (something)A very large number or amount of something; a lot of something. A less common variant of "a slew of (something)." We've been coming up against a slue of legal issues getting our new subsidiary set up overseas. There are a slue of old computer parts scattered around the workshop, so have a look and see if you can find something you need.See also: of, slueslewed and slewy and slued and sloughed (up) (slud and ˈslui and slud...) mod. alcohol intoxicated. Wallace is too slewed to drive. See also: slewslued verbSee slewedSee also: slueEncyclopediaSeeSloughMedicalSeesloughslue Related to slue: adequacySynonyms for slueverb to turn aside sharply from a straight courseSynonyms- chop
- cut
- sheer
- skew
- swerve
- veer
- yaw
Synonyms for slueverb turn sharplySynonyms- sheer
- slew
- 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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