Meaning of SLEW
| Pronunciation: | | sloo
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- [n] (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"; "it must have cost plenty"
- [v] move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
- [v] turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
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| | Synonyms: | | batch, curve, cut, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sheer, sight, skid, slide, slip, slue, spate, stack, swerve, tidy sum, trend, veer, wad, whole lot, whole slew |
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| | See Also: | | blunder, deluge, flood, glide, inundation, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, peel off, side-slip, slip up, stumble, submarine, torrent, trip up, turn, yaw | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Slew\ (sl[=oo]), n. [See {Slough} a wet place.]
A wet place; a river inlet.
The praire round about is wet, at times almost marshy,
especially at the borders of the great reedy slews.
--T.
Roosevelt.
\Slew\,
imp. of {Slay}.
\Slew\, v. t.
See {Slue}.
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