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slew
1[ sloo ]
slew
2[ sloo ]
noun
- a large number or quantity:
a whole slew of people.
slew
1/ ː /
verb
- the past tense of slay
slew
2/ ː /
verb
- to twist or be twisted sideways, esp awkwardly
he slewed around in his chair
- nautical to cause (a mast) to rotate in its step or (of a mast) to rotate in its step
noun
- the act of slewing
slew
3/ ː /
noun
- a variant spelling (esp US) of slough 1
slew
4/ ː /
noun
- informal.a great number or amount; a lot
Word History and Origins
Origin of slew1
Word History and Origins
Origin of slew1
Origin of slew2
Example Sentences
At the end of seven rounds with nine draft picks on the way and a slew of undrafted free agents en route, Hortiz met reporters with a content smile.
There was a slew of litigation and it ended when Baffert accepted responsibility for the positive test, which led to Medina Spirit’s disqualification.
Survivors of the Eaton fire gathered Thursday morning in Pasadena to condemn State Farm’s alleged mishandling of a slew of claims by policyholders who suffered losses in the blaze.
Wink Martindale, the king of the television game show who hosted “Tic-Tac-Dough,” “Gambit,” “High Rollers” and a slew of other programs that became staples in living rooms across America, died Tuesday in Rancho Mirage.
The Trump administration has stated that its slew of environmental rollbacks are intended to ease regulatory costs, lower taxes and expand the creation of an “affordable and reliable domestic energy supply.”
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