slew

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /sluː/
• (Welsh, Northern England, some New England and Southern American dialects) IPA: /slɪu/
• (obsolete) IPA: /sljuː/

Noun

slew (plural slews)

1. The act, or process of slewing.
2. A device used for slewing.
3. A change of position.

Verb

slew (slews, present participle slewing; past and past participle slewed)

1. (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
2. (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
3. (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
4. (intransitive) To pivot.
5. (intransitive) To skid.
6. (transitive, rail transport) to move something (usually a railway line) sideways

   The single line was slewed onto the disused up formation to make way for the future redoubling.

7. (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.

Noun

slew (plural slews)

1. A wet place; a river inlet.

   • The prairie round about is wet, at times almost marshy, especially at the borders of the great reedy slews.

Verb

1. simple past tense of slay

Noun

slew (plural slews)

1. (US) A large amount.

   She has a slew of papers and notebooks strewn all over her desk.

Translations

• German: Menge, Reihe, ganze Reihe
• Portuguese: amontoado, montão
• Russian: ма́сса
• Spanish: montón

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