'Slew' definitions:

Definition of 'slew'

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noun
(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" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
verb
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut]
verb
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]

Definition of 'Slew'

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  • Slay \Slay\, v. t. [imp. Slew; p. p. Slain; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaying.] [OE. slan, sl?n, sleen, slee, AS. sle['a]n to strike, beat, slay; akin to OFries. sl[=a], D. slaan, OS. & OHG. slahan, G. schlagen, Icel. sl[=a], Dan. slaae, Sw. sl?, Goth. slahan; perhaps akin to L. lacerare to tear to pieces, Gr. ????, E. lacerate. Cf. Slaughter, Sledge a hammer, Sley.] To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy. [1913 Webster]
  • With this sword then will I slay you both. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • I will slay the last of them with the sword. --Amos ix. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Slew'

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  • Slew \Slew\, v. t. See Slue. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Slew'

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  • Slew \Slew\, imp. of Slay. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Slew'

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  • Slew \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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'slew'

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  • Slue \Slue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slued; p. pr. & vb. n. Sluing.] [Prov. E. slew to turn round, Scot. to lean or incline to a side; cf. Icel. sn?a to turn, bend.] [Written also slew.]
  • 1. (Naut.) To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • They laughed, and slued themselves round. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'slew'

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