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