Definition of Swerving

1. Noun. The act of turning aside suddenly.

Exact synonyms: Swerve, Veering
Generic synonyms: Turn, Turning
Derivative terms: Swerve, Swerve, Veer

Definition of Swerving

1. Verb. (present participle of swerve) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Swerving

1. swerve [v] - See also: swerve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swerving

swept
swept path
swept paths
sweptback
sweptwing
sweptwings
swerf
swerfed
swerfing
swerfs
swerve
swerved
swerver
swervers
swerves
swerving (current term)
swervingly
swervings
sweven
swevens
swey
sweyed
sweying
sweys
swidden
swiddens
swies
swift
swift boat
swift boating

Literary usage of Swerving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Autobiography of Henry Taylor, 1800-1875 by Henry Taylor (1885)
"AUTUMNAL CHANGES—AUBREY DE VERB swerving TOWARDS ROME ' THE WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE '—SIB JOHN PAK- INGTON—ARCHBISHOP OF YORK—LORD AND LADY JOHN ..."

2. Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah: Written Previous To, and by Elizabeth Hamilton (1811)
"... like his, was incapable of swerving from the rigid dictates of truth; and he would have united with me in reprobating every attempt to calumniate his ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1904)
"As the effective beat of these cilia changes farther, the swerving becomes stronger and the revolution slower, so that the anterior end swings in a larger ..."

4. Autobiography of Henry Taylor, 1800-1875 by Henry Taylor (1885)
"AUTUMNAL CHANGES—AUBREY DE VERB swerving TOWARDS ROME ' THE WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE '—SIB JOHN PAK- INGTON—ARCHBISHOP OF YORK—LORD AND LADY JOHN ..."

5. Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah: Written Previous To, and by Elizabeth Hamilton (1811)
"... like his, was incapable of swerving from the rigid dictates of truth; and he would have united with me in reprobating every attempt to calumniate his ..."

6. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1904)
"As the effective beat of these cilia changes farther, the swerving becomes stronger and the revolution slower, so that the anterior end swings in a larger ..."

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