Slewed

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo rotate or turn something about its axis.

2.verbTo veer a vehicle.

3.verbTo insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.

4.verbTo pivot.

5.verbTo skid.

6.verbTo move something (usually a railway line) sideways

"The single line was slewed onto the disused up formation to make way for the future redoubling."

7.verbTo make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.

8.adjectiveSomewhat drunk; tipsy.

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