Definition of swerve

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Swerve (v. i.) 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..

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Vary :: Vary (v. i.) To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason..
Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle..
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks..
Curve :: Curve (a.) To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it..
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) 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..
Bedswerver :: Bedswerver (n.) One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow.
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To bend; to incline.
Swarve :: Swarve (v. i.) To swerve.
Sequel :: Sequel (n.) Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin..
Sweven :: Swerve (v. t.) To turn aside.
Swerving :: Swerved (imp. & p. p.) of Swerv.
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be faithful to..
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To stray; to wander; to rope.
Digress :: Digress (v. i.) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking..
Deflect :: Deflect (v. i.) To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve..
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
Dispassionate :: Dispassionate (a.) Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed..
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