As nouns the difference between slew and alew
is that
slew is (us) a large amount or
slew can be the act, or process of slaying while
alew is (obsolete|rare) a cry of despair.
As a verb slew
is (nautical) to rotate or turn something about its axis or
slew can be (
slay).
slew English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (noun only)
Noun
( en noun)
(US) A large amount.
- She has a slew of papers and notebooks strewn all over her desk.
See also
* onslaught
Etymology 2
In all senses, a mostly British spelling of slue.
Noun
( en noun)
The act, or process of slaying.
A device used for slaying.
A change of position.
Verb
( en verb)
(nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
To veer a vehicle.
To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
To pivot.
To skid.
(rail transport) to move something (usually a railway line) sideways
- The single line was slewed onto the disused up formation to make way for the future redoubling
(transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
Etymology 3
Verb
(head)
(slay)
See also
* slain
Anagrams
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alew English
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete, rare) A cry of despair.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.6:
*:Yet did she not lament with loude alew , / As women wont, but with deepe sighes and singults few. |
