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Swerve v. t. To turn aside.

Swerve v. i. (past & past part. swerved; pres. part. swerving)

To stray; to wander; to rope. (Obs.) "A maid thitherward did run, To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve."

To go out of a straight line; to deflect. "The point (of the sword) swerved."

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. "I swerve not from thy commandments." "They swerve from the strict letter of the law." "Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion."

To bend; to incline. "The battle swerved."

To climb or move upward by winding or turning. "The tree was high; Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved."

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Etymology of 'Swerving'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Swerving" Quotes from Famous Books

... with such wild delight that the horses, swerving to the right, plowed up two rows of corn for several rods before they could be brought ...

— Short Stories of Various Types • Various

... is then made and the necessary ceremonies performed to the end that its purpose shall be fulfilled. In the presence of many persons, the afflicted man lying on his mat, the blian dances in the room holding the prahu on his hands, the left at the bow, and swerving it to left and to right; he sings at the same time but there is no other music. On three consecutive nights this performance is continued for about an hour, near the door, with an eye to the ship's departure, and although it does not ...

— Through Central Borneo: - An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters - Between the Years 1913 and 1917 • Carl Lumholtz

... have nothing to do with it—nothing. Between my niece and me—tout est fini." She darted from him, swerving again like a bird on the wing. "I don't know you. You come here with what may be no more than a cock-and-bull story, to get inside ...

— The Street Called Straight • Basil King

... seemingly conscious of its responsibilities and its high destiny, put its best foot foremost and behaved in general like a mule that knew the name of its great-grandfather. It went through Knype in admirable style, not swerving at the steam-cars nor exciting itself about the railway bridge. A photographer who stood at his door manoeuvring a large camera startled it momentarily, until it remembered that it had seen a camera before. The Countess, who wondered ...

— The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns • Arnold Bennett

... in my direction! With the desperation of a doomed man I strode out to meet him. He rushed furiously on—swerving slightly to avoid my reach, and stretching out his arm to ward off my grasp. I flung myself wildly in his path. There was a heavy thud, and the earth seemed to jump up and strike me. The next moment I was ...

— Parkhurst Boys - And Other Stories of School Life • Talbot Baines Reed

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