· a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"

Synonym(s): tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings

Hypernym(s): large_indefinite_quantity, large_indefinite_amount

· (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"

Synonym(s): 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, spate, stack, tidy_sum, wad

Hypernym(s): large_indefinite_quantity, large_indefinite_amount

· turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

Synonym(s): swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, cut

Hypernym(s): turn

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

Synonym(s): skid, slip, slue, slide

Hypernym(s): glide