Textual thesaurus for "slew"

(noun) batch, mint, mountain, muckle, peck, passel, tidy sum, deal, spate, sight, stack, heap, hatful, good deal, great deal, wad, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, lot, mass, mess, mickle, flock

(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

(verb) skid, slide, slip, slue

move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

the wheels skidded against the sidewalk

(verb) curve, cut, sheer, slue, veer, trend, swerve

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

The car cut to the left at the intersection; The motorbike veered to the right