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English Dictionary: slew	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for slew
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slew 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"; "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" Synonym(s): 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 v turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" Synonym(s): swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" Synonym(s): skid, slip, slue, slew, slide
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slew \Slew\ (sl[oomac]), 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slay \Slay\, v. t. [imp. {Slew}; p. p. {Slain}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slaying}.] [OE. slan, sl[?]n, sleen, slee, AS. sle[a0]n to strike, beat, slay; akin to OFries. sl[be], D. slaan, OS. & OHG. slahan, G. schlagen, Icel. sl[be], 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. With this sword then will I slay you both. --Chaucer. I will slay the last of them with the sword. --Amos ix. 1. I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. --Shak. Syn: To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slew \Slew\, imp. of {Slay}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slew \Slew\, v. t. See {Slue}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round. [Colloq.] They laughed, and slued themselves round. --Dickens.