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slue 1
(slo͞o)v. & n.
Variant of slew 4.
slue 2
(slo͞o)n.
Variant of slew 1.
slue 3
(slo͞o)n.
Variant of slough 1..
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slue
(sluː)n, vb
a variant spelling (esp US) of slew 2
slue
(sluː)n
a variant spelling of slough 12
slue
(sluː)n
informal US a variant spelling of slew 4
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
slue1
or slew
(slu)v. slued, slu•ing,
n. v.i., v.t.
1. to turn or swing around, as a mast on its own axis.
n. 2. the act of sluing.
3. a position slued to.
[1760–70; orig. uncertain]
slue2
(slu)n.
Informal. slew 2.
slue3
(slu)n.
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slue
Past participle: slued
Gerund: slueing
| Imperative |
|---|
| slue |
| slue |
| Present |
|---|
| I slue |
| you slue |
| he/she/it slues |
| we slue |
| you slue |
| they slue |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I slued |
| you slued |
| he/she/it slued |
| we slued |
| you slued |
| they slued |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am slueing |
| you are slueing |
| he/she/it is slueing |
| we are slueing |
| you are slueing |
| they are slueing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have slued |
| you have slued |
| he/she/it has slued |
| we have slued |
| you have slued |
| they have slued |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was slueing |
| you were slueing |
| he/she/it was slueing |
| we were slueing |
| you were slueing |
| they were slueing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had slued |
| you had slued |
| he/she/it had slued |
| we had slued |
| you had slued |
| they had slued |
| Future |
|---|
| I will slue |
| you will slue |
| he/she/it will slue |
| we will slue |
| you will slue |
| they will slue |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have slued |
| you will have slued |
| he/she/it will have slued |
| we will have slued |
| you will have slued |
| they will have slued |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be slueing |
| you will be slueing |
| he/she/it will be slueing |
| we will be slueing |
| you will be slueing |
| they will be slueing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been slueing |
| you have been slueing |
| he/she/it has been slueing |
| we have been slueing |
| you have been slueing |
| they have been slueing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been slueing |
| you will have been slueing |
| he/she/it will have been slueing |
| we will have been slueing |
| you will have been slueing |
| they will have been slueing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been slueing |
| you had been slueing |
| he/she/it had been slueing |
| we had been slueing |
| you had been slueing |
| they had been slueing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would slue |
| you would slue |
| he/she/it would slue |
| we would slue |
| you would slue |
| they would slue |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have slued |
| you would have slued |
| he/she/it would have slued |
| we would have slued |
| you would have slued |
| they would have slued |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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Verb 1. [画像:slue - turn sharply]slue - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"
peel off - leave a formation
yaw - swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"
2. slue - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
submarine - move forward or under in a sliding motion; "The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car"
skid - slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"
side-slip - slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis
glide - move smoothly and effortlessly
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slue 1
verbslue 2
nounSee slew
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