swerve

1. v. i. To stray; to wander; to rope. Source: opted

2. v. i. To go out of a straight line; to deflect. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. v. i. To bend; to incline. Source: opted

5. v. i. To climb or move upward by winding or turning. Source: opted

6. v. t. To turn aside. Source: opted

7. n. the act of turning aside suddenly Source: wordnet

8. n. an erratic deflection from an intended course Source: wordnet

9. v. turn sharply; change direction abruptly Source: wordnet

10. 1. To stray; to wander; to rope. [Obs.] A maid thitherward did run, To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve. Sir P. Sidney. 2. To go out of a straight line; to deflect. "The point [of the sword] swerved." Sir P. Sidney. 3. 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. I swerve not from thy commandments. Bk. of Com. Prayer. They swerve from the strict letter of the law. Clarendon. Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion. Atterbury. 4. To bend; to incline. "The battle swerved." Milton. 5. To climb or move upward by winding or turning. The tree was high; Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved. Dryden. To turn aside. Gauden. Source: webster

11. To turn aside. Gauden. Source: adambom

12. n:13/v:87 n. the act of turning aside suddenly v. turn sharply; change direction abruptly Source: ecdict

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