different between slud vs slue

English

Etymology

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Noun

slud (uncountable)

1. (geology) A rapid soil creep, especially referring to downslope soil movement in periglacial areas.

Synonyms

• (rapid soil creep): sludging, soil flow, soil fluction, solifluction.

See also

• sluds

Anagrams

• DLUs, LUDs, ULDs, luds

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sludd.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uð

Noun

slud n

1. sleet (mixture of rain and snow)

Declension

Derived terms

• slude
• sludbyge

References

• “slud” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Alternative forms

• (mostly British) slew

Etymology

Unknown. Attested from the late 18th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slu?/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophones: slew, slough

Verb

slue (third-person singular simple present slues, present participle sluing or slueing, simple past and past participle slued)

1. (transitive, nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
2. (transitive) To turn something sharply.
3. (intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
4. (intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.

Translations

Noun

slue (plural slues)

1. The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
2. A slough; a run or wet place.

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “slew”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• LEUs, Lues, Luse, lues