slewing
present participle ofslew
slew
verb
uk/sluː/us/sluː/past simple ofslay
Murder & attempted murder
- asphyxiation
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- bloodstained
- butcher
- drive-by
- genocide
- gunsomeonedown
- holocaust
- homicide
- infanticide
- polish
- polishsomethingoff
- pop off
- putsomeoneto the swordidiom
- regicide
- slaughter
- smother
- snuff
slew
verb[IorT,+ adv/prep]
uk/sluː/us/sluː/toturnor beturnedroundsuddenlyandawkwardly:
Thecarhitapatchoficeand slewedaroundviolently.
He slewed thevanto thelefttoavoidthedog.
Changing direction
- about-face
- about-turn
- bore
- branch off
- break
- cut
- decoy
- deflect
- divert
- glance
- glance off(something)
- head
- head off
- oscillate
- oscillation
- peaked
- turn
- veer
- yo-yo
- yo-yoing
Examplesofslewing
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
An electricslewingmotor/generator produces electrical power (as a generator) when braking the upper structure, and stores the current in the ultracapacitor bank.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Slewingbearings are often made with gear teeth integral with the inner or outer race, used to drive the platform relative to the base.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theslewingends are also wound on to another half-barrel.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Slewingcranes which allowed a rotation of the load and were thus particularly suited for dockside work appeared as early as 1340.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, there is a damping moment (proportional to roll "rate") created by theslewing-about of long wings.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Slewingbearings often use two rows of rolling elements.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Slewingbearings resemble oversize aircraft control surface bearings.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The main difference between a swing yarder and a tower yarder is that the upperworks is mounted on a largeslewingbearing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On top of theslewingunit there are three main parts which are: the long horizontal jib (working arm), shorter counter-jib, and the operator's cab.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Further the mast is attached to theslewingunit (gear and motor) that allows the crane to rotate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Moving to the location is called "slewing".
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