Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: slew
IPA transcription: [sl'u]
noun meaning of the word
  • 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, slew, spate, stack, tidy_sum, wad
    Meaning: (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"
Usage examples
  • "I slew the man in Central Park.
  • Ah sir, said the damosel, that same is he that slew your three sons.
  • This day he slew the enemy's king, and then the war was over at once.
  • This day he slew the enemy's king, and then the war was over at once.
  • The basilisk saw herself reflected in this mirror, and her own glance slew her immediately.
  • He swiftly fled, but they speedily followed, and for his many crimes slew him then and there.
  • Wherever they passed they not merely plundered to right and left, but slew off the whole population.
  • Hercules slew the giant, the two-headed dog and Geryon himself, and in due course brought the oxen to Eurystheus.
  • Now she was so superstitious as to comply with their desires, and accordingly they slew whom they pleased themselves.
  • And He is witness of my wrath, How it was kindled against murderers Who slew for gold, and how upon their path I met them.