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slew (noun, verb):
noun
: a large number
transitive verb
1: to turn (something, such as a telescope or a ship's spar) about a fixed point that is usually the axis
2: to cause to skid : veer
intransitive verb
1: to turn, twist, or swing about : pivot
2: skid
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Slew appeared as a colloquialism in the early 19th century. Its origins are unclear, but it is perhaps taken from the Irish slua, a descendant of Old Irish slúag, meaning "army," "host," or "throng." Slew has several homographs (words that are spelled alike but different in meaning, derivation, or pronunciation) in English. These include: slew as the past tense of the verb slay; slew as a spelling variant of slough, a word which is also commonly pronounced \SLOO\ and which means "swamp," "an inlet on a river," or "a creek in a marsh or tide flat"; and the verb slew, meaning "to turn, veer, or skid."
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