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Synonyms of the word 
SLEW → BATCH - CURVE - CUT - DEAL - FLOCK - GLIDE - HATFUL - HEAP - LOT - MASS - MESS - MICKLE - MINT - MUCKLE - PECK - PILE - PLENTY - POT - RAFT - SHEER - SIGHT - SKID - SLIDE - SLIP - SLUE - SPATE - STACK - SWERVE - TREND - TURN - VEER - WADslew- n. (US) A large amount.
- n. The act, or process of slaying.
- n. A device used for slaying.
- n. A change of position.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- v. (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- v. (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- v. (intransitive) To pivot.
- v. (intransitive) To skid.
- v. (transitive, rail transport) to move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- v. (transitive, Britain, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- v. simple past tense of slay.
- n. A wet place; a river inlet.
batch- n. A bank; a sandbank.
- n. A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
- n. (obsolete) The process of baking.
- n. The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
- n. A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
- n. A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
- n. (computing) A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program.
- n. (Britain, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
- n. (Philippines) A graduating class.
- v. To aggregate things together into a batch.
- v. (computing) To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.
- adj. Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.
- v. (informal) To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.
curve- adj. (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
- n. A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- n. A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
- n. A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution…
- n. (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
- n. (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional…
- n. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
- n. (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
- n. (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
- v. (transitive) To bend; to crook.
- v. (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
- v. (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
- v. To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
- v. (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
cut- adj. (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- adj. Reduced.
- adj. Omitted from a literary or musical work.
- adj. (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- adj. (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among…
- adj. (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Emotionally hurt.
- adj. Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.
- adj. Removed from a team roster.
- adj. (New Zealand) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- n. An opening resulting from cutting.
- n. The act of cutting.
- n. The result of cutting.
- n. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- n. (specifically) An artificial navigation as distingished from a navigable river.
- n. A share or portion.
- n. (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- n. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the…
- n. (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also,…
- n. (golf) In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained…
- n. (theater) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.
- n. (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- n. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- n. The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
- n. A slab, especially of meat.
- n. (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- n. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- n. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio…
- n. (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits…
- n. A haircut.
- n. (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- n. A string of railway cars coupled together.
- n. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- n. (obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.
- n. (slang, dated) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
- n. A skein of yarn.
- v. (heading, transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
- v. (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- v. (transitive, heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
- v. (intransitive, film, audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.
- v. (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- v. (transitive, computing) To remove and place in memory for later use.
- v. (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- v. (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- v. (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball…
- v. (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- v. (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
- v. (transitive, slang) To write.
- v. (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- v. (transitive) To exhibit (a quality).
- v. (transitive) To stop or disengage.
- v. (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball,…
deal- n. (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.
- n. (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
- v. (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
- v. (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- v. To distribute cards to the players in a game.
- v. (baseball) To pitch.
- v. (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
- v. (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.
- v. (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
- v. (transitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
- v. (intransitive) To be concerned with.
- v. (intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
- n. (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing.
- n. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
- n. A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction.
- n. Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
- n. An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
- n. (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
- n. (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
- n. (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
- n. (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
- n. (countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity…
- adj. Made of deal.
flock- n. A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
- n. A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
- n. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
- n. A large number of people.
- v. (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.
- v. To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
- n. Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
- n. A lock of wool or hair.
- n. Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating…
- v. (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.
glide- v. (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- v. (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- v. (transitive) To cause to glide.
- v. (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- n. The act of gliding.
- n. (phonology) Semivowel.
- n. (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant…
- n. A bird, the glede or kite.
- n. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.
hatful- n. The amount that will fit into a hat.
- n. (soccer, Britain) A large number (usually talking about goalscoring chances).
heap- n. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- n. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
- n. A great number or large quantity of things.
- n. (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
- n. (computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
- n. (colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
- n. (colloquial) A lot, a large amount.
- v. (transitive) To pile in a heap.
- v. (transitive) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
- v. (transitive) To supply in great quantity.
lot- n. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
- n. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
- n. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
- n. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
- n. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
- n. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
- n. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without…
- n. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
- n. A prize in a lottery.
- n. Allotment; lottery.
- n. (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
- n. An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32…
- v. (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
- v. (US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).
mass- n. (physical) Matter, material.
- n. A large quantity; a sum.
- n. (quantity) Large in number.
- v. (transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses;…
- v. (intransitive) To have a certain mass.
- adj. Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
- adj. Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.
- n. (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- n. (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
- n. (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- n. A musical setting of parts of the mass.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate mass.
mess- n. (obsolete) Mass; a church service.
- n. (archaic) A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one…
- n. A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel…
- n. A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).
- n. (US) The milk given by a cow at one milking.
- v. (intransitive) To take meals with a mess.
- v. (intransitive) To belong to a mess.
- v. (intransitive) To eat (with others).
- v. (transitive) To supply with a mess.
- n. A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding;…
- n. (colloquial) A large quantity or number.
- n. (euphemistic) Excrement.
- v. (transitive) To make a mess of.
- v. (transitive) To throw into confusion.
- v. (intransitive) To interfere.
mickle- n. (chiefly Scotland) A great amount.
- n. (Scotland) A small amount.
- n. (obsolete) Important or great people as a class.
- n. (obsolete) Greatness, largeness, stature.
- pron. (now chiefly Scotland) A large amount or great extent.
- adv. (now chiefly Scotland) To a great extent.
- adv. (obsolete) Often, frequently.
mint- v. (intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
- v. (transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try…
- v. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.
- n. (provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.
- n. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
- n. (informal) A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
- n. (figuratively) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
- v. (transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
- v. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
- adj. (of condition) as new.
- adj. (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
- adj. (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
- adj. (Britain, slang) Very good.
- n. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
- n. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
- n. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
- n. A green colour, like that of mint.
- n. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
- adj. Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.
muckle- n. (chiefly Scotland) A great amount.
- adj. (archaic outside Northumbria and Scotland) Large, massive.
- adj. (archaic outside Northumbria and Scotland) Much.
- v. (US, dialectal) To latch onto something with the mouth.
- v. (rare) To talk big; to exaggerate.
peck- v. To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument.
- v. (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
- v. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick…
- v. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
- v. To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
- v. To type by searching for each key individually.
- v. (rare) To type in general.
- v. To kiss briefly.
- n. An act of pecking.
- n. A small kiss.
- n. One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
- n. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
- v. (regional) To throw.
- v. To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of…
- n. Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
- n. Misspelling of pec.
pile- n. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
- n. (figuratively, informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind…
- n. A mass formed in layers.
- n. A funeral pile; a pyre.
- n. A large building, or mass of buildings.
- n. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering…
- n. A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks…
- n. (obsolete) The reverse (or tails) of a coin.
- n. (figuratively) A list or league.
- v. (transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to…
- v. (transitive) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
- v. (transitive) To add something to a great number.
- v. (transitive) (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
- v. (transitive, military) To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright,…
- n. (obsolete) A dart; an arrow.
- n. The head of an arrow or spear.
- n. A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support…
- n. (heraldry) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise,…
- v. (transitive) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
- n. (usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid.
- n. Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now…
- n. The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
- n. An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
plenty- n. A more than adequate amount.
- pron. More than enough.
- adv. More than sufficiently.
- adv. (colloquial) Used as an intensifier, very.
- adj. (obsolete) plentiful.
pot- n. A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.
- n. Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly.
- n. (slang) Ruin or deterioration.
- n. (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
- n. (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail…
- n. (gambling) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively)…
- n. (Britain, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
- n. (sports) The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket in cue sports such as billiards.
- n. (slang) Clipping of potbelly: a pot-shaped belly, a paunch.
- n. (slang) Clipping of potshot: a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot.
- n. (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
- n. (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
- v. To put (something) into a pot.
- v. To preserve by bottling or canning.
- v. (cue sports) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- v. (cue sports) To be capable of being potted.
- v. (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
- v. (intransitive, dated) To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
- v. (Britain) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
- v. (obsolete, dialect, Britain) To tipple; to drink.
- v. (transitive) To drain.
- v. (transitive, Britain) To seat a person, usually a young child, onto a potty or toilet, typically during…
- v. (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
- n. (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- n. (slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to…
- n. (role-playing games) Clipping of potion.
raft- n. A flat structure made of planks, barrels etc., that floats on water, and is used for transport, emergencies…
- n. A flat-bottomed inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water.
- n. A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals.
- n. (US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
- v. (transitive) to convey on a raft.
- v. (transitive) to make into a raft.
- v. (intransitive) to travel by raft.
- n. A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of reave.
sheer- adj. (textiles) Very thin or transparent.
- adj. (obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.
- adj. (by extension) Downright; complete; pure.
- adj. Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
- adj. Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
- adv. (archaic) Clean; quite; at once.
- n. (nautical) The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
- n. (nautical) An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.
- v. (chiefly nautical) To swerve from a course.
- v. (obsolete) To shear.
sight- n. (in the singular) The ability to see.
- n. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
- n. Something seen.
- n. Something worth seeing; a spectacle.
- n. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- n. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
- n. (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
- n. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame…
- n. (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
- n. Mental view; opinion; judgment.
- v. (transitive) To register visually.
- v. (transitive) To get sight of (something).
- v. (transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction…
- v. (transitive) To take aim at.
skid- n. An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
- n. A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its…
- n. (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
- n. A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
- v. (intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.
- v. (transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
- v. (transitive) To cause to move on skids.
- v. (transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
slide- v. (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- v. (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
- v. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- v. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- v. (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
- v. (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- v. (music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
- v. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
- n. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- n. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- n. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- n. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a…
- n. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- n. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- n. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- n. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- n. A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- n. (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may…
- n. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base.
- n. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- n. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- n. (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- n. (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal…
- n. (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly…
- n. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- n. (footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
slip- n. (obsolete) Mud, slime.
- n. (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- n. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- n. (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
- n. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- n. A long, thin piece of something.
- n. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.
- n. (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It…
- v. (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- v. (intransitive) To err.
- v. (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
- v. (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- v. (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- v. (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- v. (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or…
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- v. (transitive, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- v. (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly…
- v. (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
- v. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- v. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- v. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- n. An act or instance of slipping.
- n. A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed…
- n. A slipdress.
- n. A mistake or error.
- n. (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- n. (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and…
- n. (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
- n. (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the…
- n. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field…
- n. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or…
- n. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- n. (printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column…
- n. (dated) A child's pinafore.
- n. An outside covering or case.
- n. (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
- n. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- n. (ceramics) An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces…
- n. A particular quantity of yarn.
- n. (Britain, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
- n. (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- n. (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- n. (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an…
- n. (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- n. A fish, the sole.
slue- v. (transitive, nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
- v. (transitive) To turn something sharply.
- v. (intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
- v. (intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.
- n. The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
- n. A slough; a run or wet place.
spate- n. A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
- n. A sudden rush or increase.
stack- n. (heading) A pile.
- n. A smokestack.
- n. (heading) In digital computing.
- n. (mathematics) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
- n. (geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- n. (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- n. (figuratively) A large amount of an object.
- n. (military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- n. (poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
- n. (heading) In architecture.
- n. (Australia, slang) A fall or crash, a prang.
- n. (bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
- v. (transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
- v. (transitive, card games) To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
- v. (transitive, poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
- v. (transitive) To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
- v. (transitive, US, Australia, slang) To crash; to fall.
swerve- v. (archaic) To stray; to wander; to rove.
- v. To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
- v. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law,…
- v. To bend; to incline.
- v. To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
- v. To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
- v. of a projectile, to travel in a curved line.
- n. A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
trend- n. An inclination in a particular direction.
- n. A tendency.
- n. A fad or fashion style.
- n. (mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
- n. (nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat…
- n. (nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she…
- v. (intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
- v. (transitive) To cause to turn; to bend.
- v. (Internet, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or…
- n. (Britain, dialect, dated) clean wool.
- v. To cleanse, as wool.
turn- v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
- v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
- v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
- v. (archaic) To translate.
- n. A change of direction or orientation.
- n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
- n. A single loop of a coil.
- n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
- n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
- n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
- n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
- n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
- n. A deed done to another.
- n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- n. Character; personality; nature.
- n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.
veer- v. (obsolete, nautical) To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
- n. A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
- v. (intransitive) To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
- v. (intransitive, of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a…
- v. (intransitive, nautical, of the wind) To shift aft.
- v. (intransitive, nautical) To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
- v. (transitive) To turn.
wad- n. An amorphous, compact mass.
- n. A substantial pile (normally of money).
- n. A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge.
- n. (slang) A sandwich.
- n. (slang, vulgar) An ejaculation of semen.
- n. (mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various…
- v. To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
- v. (Ulster) To wager.
- v. To insert or force a wad into.
- v. To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
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