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slew ~ slew

[the same pronunciation: 'sloo']

“Slew” is the past form of the verb word ‘slay’ — ‘slay — slew — slain’ — which means ‘to kill someone or some animal, used especially in religious and old stories and in newspapers; {In American informal English} to make someone very happy, to amuse someone’; [For more on 'slay', please go to the first item of the previous page.]

And itself as a finite verb word ~~~  ”slew – slewed – slewed“,  it is ‘(of a vehicle) to turn or slide in another direction suddenly and violently, or (of a person) to make a vehicle turn or slide in another direction, either on purpose or by accident’,

e.g.

The drunken driver lost control of his car and it slewed sideways into a ditch.

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“Slew” (noun) is ‘a large number or amount of things’,

e.g.

At the village fairs one can find a slew of activities for all ages.

{Note: 1. ‘Slew’ is also used as the alternative word for ‘slough’, with the pronunciation that rhymes with ‘slew’, which means a hollow place/a depression that is filled with deep mud 2. also as the alternative word for ‘slue’ — slue — slued — slued — sluing — which means ‘to turn something; to rotate’.}

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