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Slue vs Sloe - What's the difference?

slue | sloe |

As a verb slue

is (nautical) to rotate something on an axis.

As a noun slue

is the act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.

As an adjective sloe is

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slue

English

Alternative forms

* (mostly British ) slew

Verb

(slu)
  • (nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
  • To turn something sharply.
  • * Charles Dickens
  • They laughed, and slued themselves round.
  • To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
  • To slide off course; to skid.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
  • A slough; a run or wet place.
  • Anagrams

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    sloe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa ); also, the tree itself.
  • *1796 ,
  • *:There is also a dryness in the mouth from the increased action of the absorbent vessels, when a sloe or a crab-apple are masticated...
  • *1872 ,
  • *:The dew-drops fell like water, leaf after leaf dropped from the trees, the sloe-thorn alone still bore fruit, but the sloes were sour, and set the teeth on edge. Oh, how dark and weary the whole world appeared!
  • *1899 ,
  • *:Katusha, with her eyes black as sloes , her face radiant with joy, was flying towards him, and they caught hold of each other`s hands.
  • Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus , as a shrub or small tree, , bearing dark-purple fruit.
  • Derived terms

    * sloe gin * sloe-eyed

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