Found 2 items, similar to Slew.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: slew slay v : kill intentionally and with premeditation; “The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered” [syn: murder, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove] [also: slew, slain] slew v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; “The car cut to the left at the intersection”; “The motorbike veered to the right” [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, cut] 2: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; “the wheels skidded against the sidewalk” [syn: skid, slip, slue, slide] slew n : (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; “a batch of letters”; “a deal of trouble”; “a lot of money”; “he made a mint on the stock market”; “it must have cost plenty” [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal , great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, spate, stack, tidy sum , wad, whole lot, whole slew] slew See slay
English → English (gcide) Definition: Slew Slay \Slay\, v. t. [imp. Slew; p. p. Slain; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaying.] [OE. slan, sl?n, sleen, slee, AS. sle['a]n to strike, beat, slay; akin to OFries. sl[=a], D. slaan, OS. & OHG. slahan, G. schlagen, Icel. sl[=a], Dan. slaae, Sw. sl?, Goth. slahan; perhaps akin to L. lacerare to tear to pieces, Gr. ????, E. lacerate. Cf. Slaughter, Sledge a hammer, Sley.] To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy. [1913 Webster] With this sword then will I slay you both. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I will slay the last of them with the sword. --Amos ix. 1. [1913 Webster] I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher. [1913 Webster] Slew \Slew\, imp. of Slay. [1913 Webster] Slew \Slew\, v. t. See Slue. [1913 Webster] Slew \Slew\ (sl[=oo]), n. [See Slough a wet place.] A wet place; a river inlet. The praire round about is wet, at times almost marshy, especially at the borders of the great reedy slews. --T. Roosevelt. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]