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Noun slew has 1 sense
- batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole 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"; "it must have cost plenty"
--1 is a kind of large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
--1 has particulars: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
Verb slew has 2 senses
- swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
--1 is one way to turn
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- skid, slip, slue, slew, slide - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
--2 is one way to glide
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
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