slew

Plural: slews

Noun

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • "a slew of journalists"
• The act, or process of slewing.
• A device used for slewing.
• A change of position.
• A wet or swampy place; a river inlet.
• A large amount.
• A crowd or large number of people.

Verb

Verb Forms: slewed, slewing, slews

• To turn or slide violently or unsteadily.
• turn sharply; change direction abruptly
• move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
• kill intentionally and with premeditation
• To rotate or turn something about its axis.
• To veer a vehicle.
• To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
• To pivot.
• To skid.
• To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
• To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
• simple past of slay

Examples

• She has a slew of papers and notebooks strewn all over her desk.
• The board seemed to SLEW sideways after his massive word play, destabilizing his opponent.
• The single line was slewed onto the disused up formation to make way for the future redoubling.

Synonyms

batch, bump off, curve, cut, deal, dispatch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, hit, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, murder, off, passel, peck, pile, plenty, polish off, pot, quite a little, raft, remove, sheer, sight, skid, slay, slide, slip, slue, spate, stack, swerve, tidy sum, trend, veer, wad, abundance, arseload, assemblage, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, bucketful, bucketload, bumload, busload, butt-ton, buttload, cartload, congregation, crapload, crowd, fuckload, fuckton, fuckwad, hantle, hecatomb, helluvalot, horde, horseload, huddle, lashings, legion, load, mampus, many, metric fuckton, metric shitload, multiplicity, multitude, press, ream, shedload, shitful, shitload, shitton, slew, sum, superflux, throng, ton, trainload, truckload, tun, vaultful, wagonload

Related Words

onslaught, slain

Anagrams of slew