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slued

slued is the simple past and past participle of slue.

slued is the alternative form of slewed.

Meaning of slue

Verb

slue (third-person singular simple present slues, present participle sluing or slueing, simple past and past participle slued)

  1. (transitive) To rotate something on an axis.
    • raise the boom[…] then slue it by a slue-rope on its heel, until the square hole in the cap is fair with the tenon1841, B.J. Totten, Naval Text-Book, page 10
  2. (transitive) To turn something sharply.
    • […]then he incidentally spat and said something to the other convict, and they laughed, and slued themselves round with a clink of their coupling manacle,1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
  3. (intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
  4. (intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.

See all 5 meanings of slue

Meaning of slewed

Adjective

slewed (comparative more slewed, superlative most slewed)

  1. (informal) Somewhat drunk; tipsy.
    Synonyms:
    drunk

Forms of slued

comparativemore slued
superlativemost slued

Questions about slued

What is slued the simple past and past participle of?
Slued is the simple past and past participle of slue.

Words near slued in the dictionary

  1. sludgy
  2. slue
  3. slue-feet
  4. slue-foot
  5. slue-footed
  6. slued
  7. slueing
  8. slues
  9. SLUF
  10. sluff
  11. sluffed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slued (page history and authors); slue (page history and authors); slewed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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