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slew

Nouns

• (n) (often followed by "of") a large number or amount or extent
  • a batch of letters
  • a deal of trouble
  • a lot of money
  • he made a mint on the stock market
  • see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
  • it must have cost plenty
  • a slew of journalists
  • a wad of money
  good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, quite a little, spate, tidy sum, batch, heap, mass, mountain, pile, plenty, raft, stack, wad, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight,

Verbs

• (v) turn sharply; change direction abruptly
  • The car cut to the left at the intersection
  • The motorbike veered to the right
  curve, sheer, slue, swerve, trend, veer, cut,
• (v) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
  • the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
  slide, slue, slip, skid,

Synonyms

curve sheer slue swerve trend veer cut good deal great deal hatful lot mickle mint muckle passel peck quite a little spate tidy sum batch heap mass mountain pile plenty raft stack wad deal flock pot mess sight slide slip skid

See also

slip up trip up stumble

Words of close approximity