swerve
English
/swɜː(ɹ)v/, /swɝv/
verb
Definitions
- (archaic) To stray; to wander; to rove.
- To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
- 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.
- To bend; to incline.
- To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
- To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
- Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line
- To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English swerven inherited from Old English sweorfan (scour, file, rub, polish, turn aside, wipe) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swerbaną (rub off, wipe, mop) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swerbʰ- (turn, sweep, wipe).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swerbʰ-
Gloss
turn, sweep, wipe
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedswerver English
- swerveless English
- swerver English
- swervest English
- swerveth English
- omzwerven Dutch, Flemish
- ontzwerven Dutch, Flemish
- verzwerven Dutch, Flemish
- zwerfafval Dutch, Flemish
- zwerfhond Dutch, Flemish
- zwerfkat Dutch, Flemish
- zwerfkei Dutch, Flemish
- zwerfsteen Dutch, Flemish
- zwerfster Dutch, Flemish
- zwerfvuil Dutch, Flemish
- zwerfwoord Dutch, Flemish
- zwerven Dutch, Flemish
- zwerver Dutch, Flemish
- *swerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *swarbą Proto-Germanic
- *swerbaną Proto-Germanic
- sweorfan Old English
- swerven Middle English
- sverfa Old Norse
- swerven Middle Dutch
- 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *swervan Old Dutch
- swervan Old Saxon