swerve

angla

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Deveno

el la meza angla vorto " swerven "

Elparolo

Signifoj

stray; to wander; to rove
- Sir Philip Sidney
  A maid thitherward did run, / To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve.
To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
- Sir Philip Sidney
  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.
- Book of Common Prayer
  I swerve not from thy commandments.
- Clarendon
  They swerve from the strict letter of the law.
- Atterbury
  many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion
To bend; to incline.
- Milton
  The battle swerved.
To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
- Dryden
  The tree was high; / Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved.
To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
of a projectile, to travel in a curved line

Derivaĵoj

Angla substantivo English noun
Singularo	Pluralo
swerve	swerves

A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
- 1990, American Motorcyclist (volume 44, number 7, page 11)
  The distinction between using a skill subconsciously and employing it in the full knowledge of what was happening made a dramatic difference. I could execute a swerve to avoid an obstacle in a fraction of the time it previously took.