SLEW

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, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

(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”

skid, slip, slue, slew, slide

(verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; “the wheels skidded against the sidewalk”

swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut

(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; “The car cut to the left at the intersection”; “The motorbike veered to the right”

SLAY

murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove

(verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation; “The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

slew (plural slews)

The act, or process of slewing.

A device used for slewing.

A change of position.

Verb

slew (third-person singular simple present slews, present participle slewing, simple past and past participle slewed)

(transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.

(transitive) To veer a vehicle.

(transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.

(intransitive) To pivot.

(intransitive) To skid.

(transitive, rail transport) to move something (usually a railway line) sideways

(transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.

Etymology 2

Noun

slew (plural slews)

A wet place; a river inlet.

Etymology 3

Verb

slew

simple past tense of slay

Etymology 4

Noun

slew (plural slews)

(US) A large amount.

Anagrams

• lews, wels

Source: Wiktionary

Slew,

Definition: imp. of Slay.

Slew, v. t.

Definition: See Slue.

SLAY

Slay, v. t. [imp. Slew; p. p. Slain; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaying.] Etym: [OE. slan, sl, sleen, slee, AS. sleán to strike, beat, slay; akin to OFries. sla, D. slaan, OS. & OHG. slahan, G. schlagen, Icel. sla, Dan. slaae, Sw. sl, Goth. slahan; perhaps akin to L. lacerare to tear to pieces, Gr. lacerate. Cf. Slaughter, Sledge a hammer, Sley.]

Definition: To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy. With this sword then will I slay you both. Chaucer. I will slay the last of them with the sword. Amos ix. 1. I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. Shak.

Syn.

– To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition