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View synonyms for slue

slue

or slew

[ sloo ]

verb (used with object)

, slued, slu·ing.
  1. to turn (a mast or other spar) around on its own axis, or without removing it from its place.
  2. to swing around.


verb (used without object)

, slued, slu·ing.
  1. to turn about; swing around.

noun

  1. the act of sluing.
  2. a position slued to.

slue

1

/ sluː /

noun

  1. informal.
    a variant spelling of slew 4
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

slue

2

/ sluː /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of slough 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

slue

3

/ sluː /

noun

  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of slew 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slue1

First recorded in 1760–70; origin uncertain
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Example Sentences

I made a steak, mushroom and slue cheese salad.

A whole slue of Christians is opting out as well.

From Time

No; if they get very troublesome I will slue a couple of guns round and occasionally send a round or two of grape among the trees.

So of all that King Henrie slue, this Physician was the last.

Then it swung round again, slued across to the side of the road, turned completely till its back passed before his eyes and was again replaced by the front.

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