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Noun: slews- A large number or amount
- tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, wads, oodles, gobs [N. Amer], scads [N. Amer], lashings [Brit], masses [Brit] Noun: slew sloo- (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
"a slew of journalists" - batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mint, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad Verb: slew sloo- Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, cut - Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- skid, slip, slue, slide
Type of: glide, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, turn Encyclopedia: Slew |