Definition of swerves Swerves
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What does swerves mean?
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: swerves |
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| swerve - the act of turning aside suddenly | ||
| swerving, veering | ||
| turning, turn act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years" | ||
| swerve - an erratic deflection from an intended course | ||
| yaw | ||
| turning, turn act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years" | ||
Verb |
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| swerve - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" | ||
| sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| peel off take off, as with some difficulty; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt" | ||
| yaw swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- swerve (Verb)
To stray; to wander; to rope. - swerve (Verb)
To go out of a straight line; to deflect. - swerve (Verb)
To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate. - swerve (Verb)
To bend; to incline. - swerve (Verb)
To climb or move upward by winding or turning. - swerve (Verb)
To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact. - swerve (Verb)
Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- swerve (v. i.)
To stray; to wander; to rope. - swerve (v. i.)
To go out of a straight line; to deflect. - swerve (v. i.)
To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate. - swerve (v. i.)
To bend; to incline. - swerve (v. i.)
To climb or move upward by winding or turning. - swerve (v. t.)
To turn aside.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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swerve
swėrv, v.i. to turn, depart from any line, duty, or custom: to incline: to rove, wander.—n. an act of swerving.—adj. Swerve′less, that does not swerve.—n. Swerv′er, one who swerves. [A.S. sweorfan; Dut. zwerven.]
