What is "slew" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does slew mean in English? Meaning of slew definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "slew" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "slew": (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Noun

  • Meaning: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • Example: a batch of letters a deal of trouble a lot of money he made a mint on the stock market see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos it must have cost plenty a slew of journalists 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
  • Hyponyms: deluge flood haymow inundation torrent
  • Hypernyms: large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity
  • Meaning of "slew": turn sharply; change direction abruptly

    Verb

  • Meaning: turn sharply; change direction abruptly
  • Example: The car cut to the left at the intersection The motorbike veered to the right
  • Synonyms: curve cut sheer slew slue swerve trend veer
  • Hyponyms: peel off yaw
  • Hypernyms: turn
  • Meaning of "slew": move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

    Verb

  • Meaning: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
  • Example: the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
  • Synonyms: skid slew slide slip slue
  • Hyponyms: side-slip skid submarine
  • Hypernyms: glide
  • Also see: slip up stumble trip up
  • Synonyms:

    slide, plunge, slope, declivity, tumble, grade, sag, header, slip, settlement, decline, droop, gradient, swoop, declension, inclination, sinking, crash, slant, coast, hill, fall, downgrade, precipitation, incline, drop, declination, landslide, dip, falling, topple, plunging, drop-off, prolapse, tailspin, cave-in, coming down, plummeting, sinkage, origin, extraction, lineage, parentage, relationship, family, genealogy, heredity, blood, pedigree, family tree, decline, abasement, comedown, discomfiture, downfall, lapse, slump, degradation, down, anticlimax, debasement, pathos, cadence, decadence, downcome, pounce, advance, raid, swoop, foray, invasion, incursion,

    Antonyms:

    evenness, increase, ascension, improvement, level, rise, ascent, elevation, upgrade, ascension, increase, improvement, ascent, elevation, rise, upgrade, increase, boon, success, ascension, improvement, rise, ascent, promotion, elevation, upgrade, withdrawal, ascension, increase, improvement, retreat, ascent, elevation, rise, upgrade,

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    slew in English: slew
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