swerve

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

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

Noun

1. A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
2. A deviation from duty or custom.

Sinonieme

veer

deviate

turn

deflect

slide

sheer

slip

be slippery

turn away

digress

depart

diverge

yaw

aberrate

bend

transfer

trend

fire

🔥

sway

curve

wheel

🛞

divert

shunt

cut

slew

slue

stray

veering

endorse

swerving

swing

shake

shift

sidetrack

slant

sweep

swing about

swivel

transgress

turn around

turn back

turn in

turn off

warp

zigzag

be bent

be crooked

be strained

change course

deviate from

go astray

lose one’s footing

make a detour

turn aside

veer off

change direction

be distorted

be perverted

be gross-grained

get bent

deflectivity

refringence

be deflected

make a turn

swish back and forth

turn suddenly

wheel back

change in direction

wheel around

change state

translate

swing around

backtrack

blench

convert

crisscross

deflection

deflexion

detour

dioptric

dodge

drift

error

eschew

fall away

fall off

go out

go wrong

head

incline

interception

lean

leave

momentum

move aside

oscillate

refract

refraction

rock

🪨

rotate

sack

send out

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/swɜːv/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: swerven

Geërf van Old English: sweorfan

Verwante met Fries: swerve

Verwante met Nederlands: zwerven

Verwante met Nederduits: swarven

In summary

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”).