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1 slew

Britannica Dictionary definition of SLEW

past tense of slay

Britannica Dictionary definition of SLEW

:

a large number of people or things

• A whole slew of people [=a lot of people] were waiting.
• He has written a slew of books.

Britannica Dictionary definition of SLEW

always followed by an adverb or preposition

:

to turn or slide in another direction very quickly

[no object]

• His car slewed [=_skidded, veered_] sideways off the road.

[+ object]

• He slewed the telescope three degrees south.