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slew

/sluː/
Meanings
  • verb

    A sudden or violent change in direction or course.

    - "The car slew to a stop after hitting the ice."
    - "The football player made a sudden slew to avoid the tackler."
  • verb

    To move or cause to move with a sweeping or sliding motion.

    - "The wind slew the branches of the tree."
    - "The farmer slewed the bales of hay into the barn."
Pronunciation
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Synonyms

coitize , go to bed with , sleep with , conquer , defeat , overcome , assassinate , kill , murder , hit it out of the park , kill
Rhymes
Words rhyming with slew
plow , now , bowed , vowed
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. Slew (Scottish) : A large number or quantity.

  2. Slew (Surname) :

Variants
List of all variants of slew that leads to same result
slew , slews , slough , slue , slay , slewed , slewing , slued , slues , sluing , slain , slayed , slayer , slayers , slaying , slays , sloughier , sloughiest , sloughs , sloughy , sluff , sluffs
Forms
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slews, slew's, slewing

Etymology
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Old English slawian, from slāwan ‘to slide, slip’. Related to slewfoot.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'slew' comes from the Old English word 'slāwan', which means 'to slide, slip'.

  2. The highest recorded slew rate in electronics is 10,000 degrees per microsecond.

Related Concepts
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  1. Sudden change: A sudden or unexpected alteration in a situation or condition.

  2. Direction: A course or path, especially the one taken by a moving object.

Culture
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In literature, 'slew' has been used metaphorically to describe sudden changes or turns in a story. In music, the term 'slew rate' refers to the speed at which an electrical control changes its output.

How to Memorize "slew"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a car skidding or sliding to a stop to remember the meaning of 'slew'.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'slew' with sudden or violent changes in direction.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Sudden Leaps' to remember the meaning of 'slew'.

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