slew

n : (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" [syn: {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}]

v 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}]

2: slide sideways [syn: {skid}, {slip}, {slue}, {slide}]