Tra từ slew - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

(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
• Syn:
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, spate,
stack, tidy sum, wad
• Derivationally related forms:
wad (for: wad), plenteous (for: plenty), pile (for: pile), heap (for: heap)
• Hypernyms:
large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
• Hyponyms:
flood, inundation, deluge, torrent, haymow

II - verb

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
• Derivationally related forms:
veering (for: veer), trend (for: trend), curve (for: curve), swerve (for: swerve), swerving (for: swerve)
• Hypernyms:
turn
• Hyponyms:
peel off, yaw
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
• Syn:
skid, slip, slue, slide
• See Also:
slip up (for: slip)
• Derivationally related forms:
slide (for: slide), slider (for: slide), slip (for: slip), skid (for: skid)
• Hypernyms:
glide
• Hyponyms:
submarine, skid, side-slip
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP