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slew
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slu?/
- (Wales, Northern England, some New England and Southern American dialects) IPA(key): /sl?u/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /slju?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Etymology 1
In all senses, a mostly British spelling of slue.
Noun
slew (plural slews)
- The act, or process of slewing.
- A device used for slewing.
- A change of position.
Translations
Verb
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
Etymology 2
Compare slough.
Noun
slew (plural slews)
- A wet place; a river inlet.
- 1885, Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman
- The prairie round about is wet, at times almost marshy, especially at the borders of the great reedy slews.
- 1885, Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman
Etymology 3
Ablaut of slay, from Middle English slew, sleugh, past of Middle English sleen.Replaced earlier Middle English slough, slogh, from Old English sl?g (past of Old English sl?an (“to hit, strike, slay”)), due to the influence of knew, drew, etc. More at slay.
Verb
slew
- simple past tense of slay
See also
- slain
References
- slay, v.1, in Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Irish slua (“crowd”), from Old Irish slúag, slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos (“troop, army”), from Proto-Indo-European *slowg?os, *slowgos (“entourage”).
Noun
slew (plural slews)
- (US) A large amount.
Translations
See also
- onslaught
References
- “slew”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- ESWL, lews, wels
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snew
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snju?/, /snu?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Etymology 1
From Middle English snewen, from Old English sn?wan (“to snow”), from Proto-Germanic *sn?wan?, from Proto-Indo-European *sneyg??-.
Verb
snew (third-person singular simple present snews, present participle snewing, simple past and past participle snewed)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To snow.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To abound.
Etymology 2
See snow.
Verb
snew
- (dialectal) simple past tense of snow
References
- snew in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “snow”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- news, sewn, wens
Middle English
Verb
snew
- Alternative form of snewen
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch sneeuw.
Noun
snew
- snow
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