1. (

• 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

) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "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" ;

1. (

• swerve ,
• sheer ,
• curve ,
• trend ,
• veer ,
• slue ,
• slew ,
• cut ,

) 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 ,
• slide ,

) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" ;