SLEW meaning: Turn or slide uncontrollably, abundantly

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word slew:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

slew: Merriam-Webster.com
slew, slew, slew: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
slew, slew, slew, slew: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
slew: Collins English Dictionary
slew: Vocabulary.com
Slew, slew: Wordnik
slew: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
slew: Wiktionary
slew: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
slew: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
slew: Infoplease Dictionary
slew: Dictionary.com
slew (n.1), slew (n.2), slew (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
slew: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Slew (disambiguation), Slew (spacecraft), Slew, The Slew: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Slew: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
slew: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
slew: Rhymezone
Slew: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
slew: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
slew: Free Dictionary
slew: Mnemonic Dictionary
slew: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
slew: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)

slew: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

slew: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

SLEW: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)

Slew: Extragalactic Astronomy

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

slew, slew: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
slew: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  The act, or process of slewing.
▸ noun:  A device used for slewing.
▸ noun:  A change of position.
▸ verb:  (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To pivot.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To skid.
▸ verb:  (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
▸ verb:  (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
▸ noun:  A wet place; a river inlet.
▸ noun:  (US) A large amount.

Similar:

slue, swerve, slide, slip, cut, pile, spate, peck, curve, trend, more...

Phrases:

Slew rate, whole slew, Seattle Slew, slew rates, slew foot, more...

Adjectives:

whole, first, own, last, ambitious, english, savage, latter, noble, dead, ugly

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