What is the meaning of slews?

noun

• Often followed by `of'. ( a large number or amount or extent)
  • usage: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
  • synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
• A large number or amount.
  • usage: "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
  • synonyms: tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings

verb

• Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.
  • usage: "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
  • synonyms: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
• Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.
  • usage: "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
  • synonyms: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide