slew
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(verb) slide sideways |
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Synonyms: skid, slide, slip, slue |
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Related Words: glide, side-slip, skid |
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(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" |
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Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slue, swerve, trend, veer |
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Related Words: peel off, turn, yaw |
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(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "it must have cost plenty" |
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Synonyms: 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 |
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Related Words: deluge, flood, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, torrent |
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