slue

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To rotate something on an axis.
2. verb To turn something sharply.
3. verb To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
4. verb To slide off course; to skid.
5. noun The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
6. noun Synonym of yaw: The degree of freedom of an object such as the bogie of a train car to pivot about its vertical axis. (Can we verify this sense?)
7. noun Alternative spelling of slough (“a marshy or swampy place”) .
8. verb Obsolete spelling of slew; simple past of slay.

Similar words

slew slide curve cut swerve skid trend sheer slip veer

Often followed by

him the a them of many foot all his

Word family

slew slough slued slues sluing