slew

imp. of Slay.

Slew
v. t.

See Slue.

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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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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew

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The verb slew has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly
  Synonyms: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, cut

Meaning #2: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
  Synonyms: skid, slip, slue, slide

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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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