slew
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Contents
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Irish slua (“crowd”), from Old Irish slúag, slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos (“troop, army”), from Proto-Indo-European *slowgʰos, *slowgos (“entourage”).
Noun[edit]
slew (plural slews)
Translations[edit]
a large amount
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
In all senses, a mostly British spelling of slue.
Noun[edit]
slew (plural slews)
Translations[edit]
the act, or process of slaying
|
device used for slaying
|
Verb[edit]
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
- The single line was slewed onto the disused up formation to make way for the future redoubling.
- (transitive, Britain, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
Translations[edit]
To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time
to pivot
|
to move something (usually a railway line) sideways
|
to make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit
|
Etymology 3[edit]
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 flēogan. Further etymology at slay.
Verb[edit]
slew
- simple past tense of slay
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- slay, v.1, in Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Etymology 4[edit]
Compare slough.
Noun[edit]
slew (plural slews)
- A wet place; a river inlet.
- Theodore Roosevelt
- The prairie round about is wet, at times almost marshy, especially at the borders of the great reedy slews.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English terms borrowed from Irish
- English terms derived from Irish
- English terms derived from Old Irish
- English terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- American English
- English terms with usage examples
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- en:Nautical
- English intransitive verbs
- en:Rail transportation
- British English
- English slang
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English non-lemma forms
- English verb forms
