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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slue (third-person singular simple present slues, present participle slueing or sluing, simple past and past participle slued)
(transitive, nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
(transitive) To turn something sharply.
(intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
(intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.
slue (plural slues)
The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
A slough; a run or wet place.
• LEUs, Lues, Luse, lues
Source: Wiktionary
Sloo, or Slue, n.
Definition: A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.
Slue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slued (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sluing (.] Etym: [Prov. E. slew to turn round, Scot. to lean or incline to a side; cf. Icel. sn to turn, bend.] [Written also slew.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body.
2. In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round. [Colloq.] They laughed, and slued themselves round. Dickens.
Slue, v. i.
Definition: To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round.
Slue, n.
Definition: See Sloough, 2. [Local]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2024
(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
