Thesaurus: swerve

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1. v. i. To stray; to wander; to rope.
2. v. i. To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
3. 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.
4. v. i. To bend; to incline.
5. v. i. To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
6. v. t. To turn aside.
7. n. the act of turning aside suddenly
8. n. an erratic deflection from an intended course
9. v. turn sharply; change direction abruptly
10. To turn aside. Gauden.
11. n:13/v:87 n. the act of turning aside suddenly v. turn sharply; change direction abruptly