slue : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: slue	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for slue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slue 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]:
Sloo \Sloo\, [or] Slue \Slue\, n. A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d {Slough}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sl[omac]h a hollow place; cf. MHG. sl[umac]ch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] to hiccough, to sob.] 1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. --Chaucer. He's here stuck in a slough. --Milton. 2. [Pronounced sl[oomac].] A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river. Note: [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt {sloo}, and {slue}.] {Slough grass} (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus {Muhlenbergia}; -- called also {drop seed}, and {nimble Will}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slue \Slue\, v. i. To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slue \Slue\, n. See {Sloough}, 2. [Local]
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.