Swerve

Quick meaning: Swerve is a verb meaning To go out of a straight line; to deflect.

Meaning

To go out of a straight line; to deflect.

More Meanings

1. To bend; to incline; to give way.
2. To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
3. To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
4. Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line
5. To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off.
6. 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.
7. (archaic) To stray; to wander; to rove.

Example Sentences

The battle swerved.

I swerve not from thy commandments.

They swerve from the strict letter of the law.

with the slipping of the pommel , the point swerved

Word Forms

• swerves
• swerving
• swerved

Synonyms for swerve

Depending on context, synonyms include drift, slew, slue, curve, veer, cut.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include veering, slew, slue, curve, trend, cut.

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