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View synonyms for slew

slew

1

[ sloo ]

verb

  1. simple past tense of slay.


slew

2
or slue

[ sloo ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. a large number or quantity:

    a whole slew of people.

slew

1

/ sluː /

noun

  1. informal.
    a great number or amount; a lot
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slew

2

/ sluː /

verb

  1. to twist or be twisted sideways, esp awkwardly

    he slewed around in his chair

  2. nautical to cause (a mast) to rotate in its step or (of a mast) to rotate in its step
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noun

  1. the act of slewing
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slew

3

/ sluː /

noun

  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of slough 1
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slew

4

/ sluː /

verb

  1. the past tense of slay
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slew1

1830–40, Americanism; < Irish sluagh crowd, throng, army, host
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slew1

C20: from Irish Gaelic sluagh; related to Old Irish slōg army

Origin of slew2

C18: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

He says device makers also will have to meet a slew of security requirements: Can the device be encrypted?

Between her slew of appointments, Lennox manages to squeeze in enough time for no less than 40 different charities.

Apparently, Minaj received a slew of offensive tweets and rude Instagram comments in response to the racy image.

Afterwards, a slew of major NBA reporters did their best to quell the giddy, growing mob.

This year, Glasgow is hosting the games amid a new slew of problems.

This made Jahweh so angry that he smote the people, and slew more than fifty thousand of them.

The children of Israel, having been sent out by Jahweh to punish the Midianites, "slew all the males."

A detachment that had taken possession of Douglas's quarters at Lintalee he surprised at dinner and slew almost to a man.

And the flame of the fire slew those men that had cast in Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago.

Think of Samson, who slew a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass!

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