verb · transitive · rare

swerve

swerve · swerves · swerved · swerving

різати, рубати

повернуть, свернуть, поворачивать, сворачивать

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To go out of a straight lineTo go out of a straight line; to deflect.

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UK/swɜːv/US/swɝv/

» Tom swerved to avoid the pothole.

Meaning

9 senses

To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
ausscheren
отклоня́тьсяotklonjátʹsja, отклони́тьсяotklonítʹsja, свора́чиватьsvoráčivatʹ
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.
отходи́тьotxodítʹ, преступа́тьprestupátʹ
To bend; to incline; to give way.
сгиба́тьсяsgibátʹsja, согну́тьсяsognútʹsja
To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
ausweichen
уклоня́тьсяuklonjátʹsja, уклони́тьсяuklonítʹsja
Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line
To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off.
(slang, transitive)To go out of one's way to avoid; to snub.
If I see that type o' muthafucka in the club I just swerve him.
(archaic)To stray; to wander; to rove.
блужда́тьbluždátʹ

More definitions

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Examples

46 sentences

Tom swerved to avoid the pothole.
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The bus swerved out of control.
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I swerved to avoid hitting a skunk.
ruЯ свернул, чтобы не задеть скунса.
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Tom swerved to avoid hitting a pedestrian.
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The driver swerved to miss the dog.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 5

to stray:

to go out of a straight line:

to wander from a line, rule or duty:

to bend:

to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to go out of a straight line:

to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact:

Origin

From Middle English swerven, swarven, from Old English sweorfan (“to file; rub; polish; sc

From Middle English swerven, swarven, from Old English sweorfan (“to file; rub; polish; scour; turn aside”), from Proto-Germanic *swerbaną (“to rub off; wipe; mop”), from Proto-Indo-European *swerbʰ- (“to turn; wipe; sweep”). Cognate with West Frisian swerve (“to wander; roam; swerve”), Dutch zwerven (“to wander; stray; roam”), Low German swarven (“to swerve; wander; riot”), Swedish dialectal svärva (“to wipe”), Icelandic sverfa (“to file”).

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