What is the definition of Swerve? | Dictionary.net

SWERVE

\swˈɜːv], \swˈɜːv], \s_w_ˈɜː_v]\

Definitions of SWERVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

Sort: Oldest first

To turn aside.
To stray; to wander; to rope.
To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
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.
To climb or move upward by winding or turning.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To turn aside.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To turn aside from any line, course, or rule.
A turning aside suddenly.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To turn, depart from any line, duty, or custom: to incline.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To deviate; incline; turn aside.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To turn aside; to deviate from any line prescribed or rule of duty; to incline or bend; to climb or move forward by winding.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To wander from; to rove; to deviate; to bend; to incline.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Word of the day

ulvophyceae

alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications

View More

Nearby Words