What does slue mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cutverb

    turn sharply; change direction abruptly

    "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

  2. skid, slip, slue, slew, slideverb

    move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

    "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

Wiktionary

  1. sluenoun

    The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.

  2. slueverb

    To rotate something on an axis.

  3. slueverb

    To turn something sharply.

  4. slueverb

    To rotate on an axis; to pivot.

  5. slueverb

    To slide off course; to skid.

ChatGPT

  1. slue

    Slue is a verb that refers to the act of turning, rotating, or pivoting sharply, typically on an axis. It can also refer to a sliding movement from side to side, often in an uncontrolled manner. This term is commonly used in relation to vehicles, machinery, or equipment. It's of nautical origin, where it describes the action of turning a ship around its vertical axis.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sluenoun

    a slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2

  2. Slueverb

    to turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body

  3. Slueverb

    in general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round

  4. Slueverb

    to turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round

  5. Sluenoun

    see Sloough, 2

  6. Etymology: [Prov. E. slew to turn round, Scot. to lean or incline to a side; cf. Icel. sna to turn, bend.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Slue

    Slew, slū, v.t. (naut.) to turn anything about its axis without removing it from its place: to turn or twist about.—v.i. to turn round:—pr.p. slū′ing; pa.p. slūed.—n. the turning of a body upon an axis within its figure.—adj. Slued, tipsy. [Scand., Ice. snua, to turn.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of slue in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of slue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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