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slew 1
also slue (slo͞o)n. Informal
A large amount or number; a lot: a slew of unpaid bills.
[Irish Gaelic sluagh, multitude, from Old Irish slúag.]
slew 2
(slo͞o)v.
A past tense of slay.
slew 3
(slo͞o)n.
Variant of slough1.
slew 4
also slue (slo͞o)v.tr. slewed, slew·ing, slews also slued or slu·ing or slues
1. To turn (something) on an axis; rotate: slewed the swivel chair around; slewing the boom of a crane.
2. To turn sharply; veer: braked and slewed the car around.
v.intr.
1. To turn about an axis: "The violet eyes slewed from door to window as if desperate for escape" (P.D. James).
2. To turn or slide sideways or off course; skid.
n.
The act of slewing.
[Origin unknown.]
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slew
(sluː)vb
the past tense of slay
slew
(sluː) orslue
vb
1. to twist or be twisted sideways, esp awkwardly: he slewed around in his chair.
2. (Nautical Terms) nautical to cause (a mast) to rotate in its step or (of a mast) to rotate in its step
n
the act of slewing
[C18: of unknown origin]
slew
(sluː)n
a variant spelling (esp US) of slough12
slew
(sluː) orslue
n
informal chiefly US and Canadian a great number or amount; a lot
[C20: from Irish Gaelic sluagh; related to Old Irish slōg army]
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slew1
(slu)v.
pt. of slay.
slew2
(slu)n. Informal.
a large number or quantity: a whole slew of people.
[1830–40, Amer.; < Irish sluagh crowd, army, host]
slew3
(slu)v.t., v.i.
n.
slew4
(slu)n.
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slew
Past participle: slewed
Gerund: slewing
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| 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"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" 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 |
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slew
also sluenoun
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Translations
يَلُف، يَلْتَف
otočit se
drejesvinge
snúast
sagrieztsagriezties
dön meksavrulmak
slew
1 [sluː] (also to slew round)A. VT → torcer
to slew sth to the left → torcer algo a la izquierda
to be slewed → tener una buena curda or melopea
to slew sth to the left → torcer algo a la izquierda
to be slewed → tener una buena curda or melopea
B. VI → torcerse
slew
3 [sluː] N (esp US) (= range) → montón mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
slew
[ˈsluː] vi (also slew round) → déraper
The bus slewed across the road → Le bus a dérapé et s'est retrouvé de l'autre côté de la route.
The bus slewed across the road → Le bus a dérapé et s'est retrouvé de l'autre côté de la route.
pt of slay
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
slew
1, (US) slue (also slew round)vt crane, lorry → (herum)schwenken; head → drehen; to slew something to the left → etw nach links schwenken
slew
2, (US) sluen (inf) → Haufen m (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
slew1
(sluː) verb to (cause to) turn or swing in a certain direction. The car skidded and slewed across the road.
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