Unscramble slews

Definition of slews

noun:

• a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends", "she amassed stacks of newspapers". Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, stacks, tons, wads.
• (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", "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos", "it must have cost plenty", "a slew of journalists", "a wad of money". 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, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad.

verb:

• turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection", "The motorbike veered to the right". Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer.
• move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk". Synonyms: skid, slew, slide, slip, slue.

Related words

deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, skid, submarine, torrent, yaw.

Words nearby

clews, slew.