SLEW

• (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

  "a batch of letters", "a deal of trouble", "a lot of money", "he made a mint on the stock market", "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos", "it must have cost plenty", "a slew of journalists", "a wad of money"

  synonyms : batch , deal , flock , good deal , great deal , hatful , heap , lot , mass , mess , mickle , mint , mountain , muckle , passel , peck , pile , plenty , pot , quite a little , raft , sight , spate , stack , tidy sum , wad

  A mass of people were gathered in the hall. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

  "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

  synonyms : skid , slide , slip , slue

• (verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly

  "The car cut to the left at the intersection", "The motorbike veered to the right"

  synonyms : curve , cut , sheer , slue , swerve , trend , veer

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