slew

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

(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”Synonyms: 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 spate stack tidy sum wad

Verb (2)

turn sharply; change direction abruptly“The car cut to the left at the intersection”“The motorbike veered to the right”Synonyms: swerve sheer curve trend veer slue cut
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner“the wheels skidded against the sidewalk”Synonyms: skid slip slue slide

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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

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.]

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

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]

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]