Find your perfect word!
Definition slew
Etymology 1
In all senses, a mostly British spelling of slue.
Noun
slew (plural slews)
Verb
slew (third-person singular simple present slews, present participle slewing, simple past and past participle slewed)
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, rail transport) to move something (usually a railway line) sideways
- (transitive, Britain, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
Etymology 2
Compare slough.
Noun
slew (plural slews)
- A wet place; a river inlet.
Etymology 3
Ablaut of slay, from Middle English sleen, from Old English sléan (past tense slóg). Compare drew, simple past tense of draw, from Old English dragan, and flew, simple past tense of fly, from Old English fl?ogan. Further etymology at slay.
Verb
slew
- simple past tense of slay
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Irish slua (“crowd”), from Old Irish slúag, slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos (“troop, army”), from Proto-Indo-European *slowg?os, *slowgos (“entourage”).
Noun
slew (plural slews)
- (US) A large amount.
Results 438 Words with the letters SLEW
8 letter words with the letters SLEW ↑
7 letter words with the letters SLEW ↑
6 letter words with the letters SLEW ↑
5 letter words with the letters SLEW ↑
4 letter words with the letters SLEW ↑
3 letter words with the letters SLEW ↑
2 letter words with the letters SLEW ↑
You can also try words with the phrase SLEW, words starting with the letters SLEW, or words ending in the letters SLEW.
Favorites Searches
Words… ending with q, starting with q, starting with qa, starting with qo, with two letters, starting with x, starting with j, ending with j,
Some random searches: Words with the letters SFNU, Words with the letters WEKBZ, Words with the letters YC, Words with the letters RVUDX,