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Definition of Slews
1. Noun. A large number or amount. "She amassed stacks of newspapers"
Generic synonyms: Large Indefinite Amount, Large Indefinite Quantity
Definition of Slews
1. Verb. (third-person singular of slew) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slews
1. slew [v] - See also: slew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slews
Literary usage of Slews
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society: June 1925, Volume Xxvi, Number 2 by Oregon Historical Society (1921)
"The sloughs—"slews"—of this state are perfectly horrible. A man who has not been
across it can form no conception of the evil. On any direct line from here ..."
2. Life on the Lakes: Being Tales and Sketches Collected During a Trip to the by Chandler Robbins Gilman (1836)
"I thought, at first, that these slews were ... highly amused to observe the manner
in which two of our fellow-passengers made their way through these slews. ..."
3. Public and Private Economy by Theodore Sedgwick (1836)
"These slews are the miry places in the low prairie. In many cases, a bridge, that
would not cost ten dollars, might avoid the difficulty. ..."
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