slew

slew ¹ also slue  (sl)

n. Informal

A large amount or number; a lot: a slew of unpaid bills.

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[Irish Gaelic sluagh, multitude, from Old Irish slúag.]

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slew ²  (sl)

v.

Past tense of slay.

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slew ³  (sl)

n.

Variant of slough¹.

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slew ⁴  (sl)

v. & n.

Variant of slue¹.

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slew ¹

Verb

the past tense of slay

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slew ² or esp US slue

Verb

to slide or skid sideways: the bus slewed across the road

Noun

the act of slewing [origin unknown]

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, sight large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude deluge, 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, cut turn - 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 formation yaw - 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, skid submarine - 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 axis glide - move smoothly and effortlessly

Translations

slew [sluː] vi (= veer) → torcerse

pt of slay

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slew [sluː] vi (also: slew round) → virer, pivoter

pt of slay

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slew [sluː] vi (Brit) (also: slew round) → herumschwenken;

the bus slewed across the road → der Bus rutschte über die Straße pt of slay

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slew [sluː] vi (also: slew round) → girare

pt of slay

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slew¹

v slew [sluː]

to (cause to) turn or swing in a certain direction The car skidded and slewed across the road. draai يَلُف، يَلْتَف обръщам (се) otočit se svinge; dreje sich drehen περιστρέφομαι torcer pöörduma, pöörama چرخاندن pyörähtää, pyöräyttää déraper לְהִסתוֹבֵב बलपूर्वक मोड़ना, घुमाना okrenuti u suprotnom smjeru, okrenuti se megperdül membelok snúast sbandare 回る 비틀리다; 비틀다 pa(si)sukti pagriezt; sagriezt; pagriezties; sagriezties berpusing zwenken dreie, svinge obracać się virar a derapa круто поворачивать(ся) otočiť sa obrniti (se) naglo okrenuti svänga runt หมุน dön(dür)mek, savrulmak 旋轉 обертатися; повертатися quay, xoay, vặn 旋转