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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.
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.

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