Definitions for slew

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slew slew

Spelling: [sloo]

IPA: /slu/

Slew is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in slew (elsw).

Definitions for slew

noun

1. a large number or quantity:
2. slough1 (def 3).
3. sley.
4. the act of sluing.
5. a position slued to.
6. the reed of a loom.
7. the warp count in woven fabrics.
8. British. the lay of a loom.

verb

1. simple past tense of slay.

verb (used with object)

1. to kill by violence.
2. to destroy; extinguish.
3. sley.
4. Slang. to impress strongly; overwhelm, especially by humor: to make a strong impression with:
5. Obsolete. to strike.
6. to turn (a mast or other spar) around on its own axis, or without removing it from its place.
7. to swing around.
8. 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.

verb (used without object)

1. to kill or murder.
2. Slang. to strongly impress or overwhelm someone:
3. to turn about; swing around.

verb (used with or without object), noun

1. slue1 .

Origin of slew

1830-40, Americanism; Irish sluagh crowd, throng, army, host

Examples for slew

So they drove off the best of the cattle of the Sun and slew them.

Therefore your lives are justly forfeit, and none would blame us if we slew you.

Afterwards, a slew of major NBA reporters did their best to quell the giddy, growing mob.

The park administration has embarked on a slew of tourist-luring projects.

Apparently, Minaj received a slew of offensive tweets and rude Instagram comments in response to the racy image.

He says device makers also will have to meet a slew of security requirements: Can the device be encrypted?

I strained a sinew on the day that I slew the three men at Castelnau.

Between her slew of appointments, Lennox manages to squeeze in enough time for no less than 40 different charities.

He was my father, Sire, and I saw him slain—aye, and slew the slayer.

The hound fell without a sound, and with equal ease he slew the second.