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SLEWS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slews mean?
• SLEWS (noun)
The noun SLEWS has 1 sense:
1. a large number or amount
Familiarity information: SLEWS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large number or amount
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
dozens; gobs; heaps; lashings; loads; lots; oodles; piles; rafts; scads; scores; slews; stacks; tons; wads
Context example:
she amassed stacks of newspapers
Hypernyms ("slews" is a kind of...):
large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)
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