| NOUN | quantity | slew, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent |
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| VERB | motion | slew, swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, cut | turn sharply |
| motion | slew, skid, slip, slue, slide | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner |
| Sounds | sluw' | |
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| Rhymes | bleu ... Zulu: 18 rhymes with luw... | |
| Meaning | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. | |
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| Example | "a slew of journalists" | |
| Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | |
| Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent | An overwhelming number or amount |
| haymow | A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
| Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
| Spanish | avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila | |
| Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou | |
| Meaning | Turn sharply; change direction abruptly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, cut | |
| Narrower | peel off | Leave a formation |
| yaw | swerve off course momentarily | |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Spanish | virar | |
| Meaning | Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | skid, slip, slue, slide | |
| Narrower | side-slip | slide sideways / sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis |
| skid | slide without control | |
| submarine | Move forward or under in a sliding motion | |
| Broader | glide | Move smoothly and effortlessly |
| Spanish | deslizar, patinar, resbalar | |
| Catalan | relliscar | |
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