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SLEW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
Example:
a wad of money
Synonyms:
batch; deal; flock; good deal; great deal; hatful; heap; lot; mass; mess; mickle; mint; mountain; muckle; passel; peck; pile; plenty; pot; quite a little; raft; sight; slew; spate; stack; tidy sum; wad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("slew" is a kind of...):
large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slew"):
deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)
haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Example:
the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "slew" is one way to...):
glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slew"):
submarine (move forward or under in a sliding motion)
skid (slide without control)
side-slip (slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Example:
The motorbike veered to the right
Synonyms:
curve; cut; sheer; slew; slue; swerve; trend; veer
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "slew" is one way to...):
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slew"):
peel off (leave a formation)
yaw (swerve off course momentarily)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Context examples:
For when ye had left us, this evil man gathered around him all outlaws, villeins, and masterless men, until they were come to such a force that they slew and scattered the king's men who went against them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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