slew

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also slue (slū) pronunciation
n. Informal
A large amount or number; a lot: a slew of unpaid bills.

[Irish Gaelic sluagh, multitude, from Old Irish slúag.]


slew2 (slū) pronunciation
v.
Past tense of slay.


also slue

noun

    An indeterminately great amount or number: jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion. Informal bushel, gob1 (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck2, scad (often used in plural), wad, zillion. See big/small/amount.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - svinge, dreje
n. - drejning

2.
n. - masse

3.
n. - sump, morads

Nederlands (Dutch)
zwenking, rondzwenken/ -draaien, een boel, vermoordde

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - déraper, pivoter
n. - dérapage, pivotement

2.
n. - des tas de

3.
n. - marécage

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - (sich) drehen, schwenken
n. - (ugs.) Haufen, Herumdrehen

2.
n. - (ugs.) Haufen

3.
n. - Sumpfland

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βάλτος, λασπότοπος, (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) αφθονία, σωρεία
v. - περιστρέφω, περιάγω

Italiano (Italian)
mucchio, sbandare, far girare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - virada (f), porção (f), brejo (m), braço de rio (m)
v. - torcer, virar, girar

Русский (Russian)
поворот, разворот, болото, уйма, поворачивать, поворачиваться, крутиться, сбить с толку

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - torcerse
n. - pantano, estuario, ría

2.
n. - montón

3.
n. - pantano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - massa, mängd
v. - svänga runt, vrida runt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 旋转, 扭转

2. 沼地

3. 极多

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 極多

2.
n. - 沼地

3.
n. - 旋轉, 扭轉

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 돌리다, 뒤틀다, 회전하다
n. - 회전, 비틀림

2.
n. - 다수, 대량, 많음

3.
n. - 습지, 늪

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 殺害する, 根絶する, 回す, 回転する, ねじれる
n. - ぬかるみ, 低湿地, 沼地, どっさり, ねじれ, 湿地, 回転

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عدد أو مقدار وافر (فعل) ذبح, قتل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮סובב, הסתובב, עשה תפנית, הרג (צורת עבר)‬
n. - ‮סיבוב, תפנית‬
n. - ‮כמות גדולה‬
n. - ‮שקע, בד"כ מלא בבוץ עמוק‬


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