Honestly, as a native English speaker, I never knew that "slew" was a verb meaning "to slide violently." Hardly anyone ever uses it that way. The context in which I most often hear "slew" used means "a large number of something." Example: "There was a slew of birds flying above me." It means there were a lot of birds. "A slew of people lined up for tickets." It means there were many people. There's also an archaic use of "slew" that isn't used today, which is the past tense of "slay" (meaning "to kill"). Example: "Saint George slew the dragon." It means "Saint George killed the dragon." I hope this helps!

slew = a lot of e.g. Messi missed a slew of chances in the match against Valencia.

I have never heard of those definitions above. I am from the US and we use the word "slew" to mean a lot of something. For example, "He had a slew of homework to do" - meaning a lot of homework. It is not a very common word... Brian

Slew- to turn or slide violently Examples: "I was about to slew." "You were slewing." "That car is slewing." "I thought I was about to slew." "You slewed." ***This is not a common term in the United States so someone people may not know what you are talking about xD Hope this helps^^ Have a nice day!

to slew = to turn and move suddenly and quickly in a particular direction, or to make something move in this way examples : - The car hit a patch of ice and slewed around violently. - He slewed the van to the left to avoid the dog. from Cambridge Dictionaries Online