slue
verb (used with object)
to turn (a mast or other spar) around on its own axis, or without removing it from its place.
slued
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past participleof slue.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof slue.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
slueverb (used with object)to turn (a mast or other spar) around on its own axis, or without removing it from its place.
Example Sentences
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The car slued into a line of coffins, knocking one over, and finally rolled to a halt, after coming within ten feet of French Defense Minister Charles Hernu.
From Time Magazine Archive
Christmas trees were still under drastic Bolshevik ban as Christmas 1935 came to Russia, but just before New Year's Day the Kremlin's policy slued completely around.
From Time Magazine Archive
For nearly an hour he made passes at the island before he landed and slued to a halt.
From Time Magazine Archive
A car which thundered behind, anonymously piloted, skidded likewise but slued by, missing the assorted debris by inches.
From Time Magazine Archive
I slued around my head to look a second time, but the fog had already swallowed him.
From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by William MacLeod Raine
