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Definitions for Slew

[1] simple past tense of slay.
[2] a large number or quantity: a whole slew of people.
[3] slue1.
[4] slough1(def 3) .
[5] to kill by violence.
[6] to destroy; extinguish.
[7] sley.
[8] Slang . to impress strongly; overwhelm, especially by humor: Your jokes slay me. to make a strong impression with: She really slayed her performance last night.
[9] Obsolete . to strike.
[10] to kill or murder.
[11] Slang . to strongly impress or overwhelm someone: His whole album slays.
[12] sley.
[13] to turn (a mast or other spar) around on its own axis, or without removing it from its place.
[14] to swing around.
[15] to turn about; swing around.
[16] the act of sluing.
[17] a position slued to.
[18] the reed of a loom.
[19] the warp count in woven fabrics.
[20] British . the lay of a loom.
[21] to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.
[22] the past tense of slay
[23] to twist or be twisted sideways, esp awkwardly he slewed around in his chair
[24] nautical to cause (a mast) to rotate in its step or (of a mast) to rotate in its step
[25] the act of slewing
[26] a variant spelling (esp US) of slough 1 (def. 2)
[27] informal , mainly US and Canadian a great number or amount; a lot
[28] a variant spelling (esp US) of slew 2
[29] a variant spelling of slough 1 (def. 2)
[30] US informal a variant spelling of slew 4
[31] archaic , or literary to kill, esp violently
[32] slang to impress (someone) sexually
[33] obsolete to strike

Words related to Slew

profusion, abundance, ream, multiplicity, batch, bundle, scad, plenty, aggregation, bunch, load, gathering, stockpile, pot, cluster, fullness, jumble, concentration, total, mint

Words nearby Slew

slept, slesvig, sleswick, sleuth, sleuthhound, slew, slew rate, slewed, sley, slezsko, slic

Origin of Slew

ybefore 1050; Middle English sleye, Old English slege weaver's reed; akin to Dutch slag, German Schlag, Old Norse slag, Gothic slahs a blow; see slay

Other words from Slew

slay·a·ble , adjective
slay·er , noun
un·slay·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Slew

ayOld English slēan; related to Old Norse slā, Gothic, Old High German slahan to strike, Old Irish slacaim I beat

Synonyms for Slew

abundance, aggregation, batch, bunch, bundle, multiplicity, plenty, profusion, ream, scad, agglomeration, assemblage, bank, bulk, cargo, clump, cluster, collection, concentration, congeries, deposit, fullness, gathering, gobs, harvest, haul, hill, hoard, jillion, jumble, load, lot, lots, lump, mass, million, mint, mound, mountain, much, ocean, oodles, pot, quantity, stack, stock, stockpile, store, sum, thousand, ton, total, trillion, volume, whole, a lot, amassment, great deal