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slew

 
Noun slew has 1 sense
  1. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew - (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"
    --1 is a kind of large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
    --1 has particulars: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
Verb slay has 2 senses
  1. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
    --1 is a kind of turn; kill; turn; kill
    Derived forms: noun slayer1, noun slaying1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove
    Sam cannot slay Sue
    swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove
    Sam cannot slay Sue
  2. skid, slip, slue, slew, slide - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
    --2 is a kind of glide; glide
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
    1 sense of slay
    skid, slip, slue, slew, slide
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
    1 sense of slay
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