swerve

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• Received-Pronunciation: /swɜːv/
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• General-American: /swɝv/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)v
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• CMU ARPABET: S W ER1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English swerven, swarven, from Old English sweorfan (“to file; rub; polish; scour; turn aside”), from Proto-Germanic *swerbaną (“to rub off; wipe; mop”), from Proto-Indo-European *swerbh- (“to turn; wipe; sweep”). Cognate with West Frisian swerve (“to wander; roam; swerve”), Dutch zwerven (“to wander; stray; roam”), Low German swarven (“to swerve; wander; riot”), Swedish dialectal svärva (“to wipe”), Icelandic sverfa (“to file”).

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отклонение (otklonenie) — sudden movement out of a straight line
• French: esquive — sudden movement out of a straight line
• German: Schlenker — sudden movement out of a straight line
• German: Ausweichmanöver — sudden movement out of a straight line
• Italian: sbandata — sudden movement out of a straight line
• Italian: deviazione — sudden movement out of a straight line
• Italian: scarto — sudden movement out of a straight line
• Italian: sbalzo — sudden movement out of a straight line
• Italian: scostamento — sudden movement out of a straight line
• Portuguese: guinada — sudden movement out of a straight line
• Spanish: volantazo — sudden movement out of a straight line
• Spanish: cabrillazo — sudden movement out of a straight line
• Bulgarian: блуждая (bluždaja) — to stray
• Polish: błądzić — to stray
• Russian: блужда́ть (bluždátʹ) — to stray
• Bulgarian: криввам (krivvam) — to go out of a straight line
• French: dévier — to go out of a straight line
• Georgian: გადახვევა (gadaxveva) — to go out of a straight line
• Georgian: გახვევა (gaxveva) — to go out of a straight line
• German: ausscheren — to go out of a straight line
• Italian: deviare — to go out of a straight line
• Māori: tataha — to go out of a straight line
• Māori: perori — to go out of a straight line
• Polish: zbaczać — to go out of a straight line
• Polish: zboczyć — to go out of a straight line
• Portuguese: desviar — to go out of a straight line
• Portuguese: guinar — to go out of a straight line
• Rarotongan: tārere — to go out of a straight line
• Russian: отклоня́ться (otklonjátʹsja) — to go out of a straight line
• Russian: отклони́ться (otklonítʹsja) — to go out of a straight line
• Russian: свора́чивать (svoráčivatʹ) — to go out of a straight line
• Russian: сверну́ть (svernútʹ) — to go out of a straight line
• Russian: повора́чивать (povoráčivatʹ) — to go out of a straight line
• Russian: поверну́ть (povernútʹ) — to go out of a straight line
• Bulgarian: отклонявам се (otklonjavam se) — to wander from a line, rule or duty
• Dutch: zwerven — to wander from a line, rule or duty
• French: se détourner — to wander from a line, rule or duty
• French: dévier — to wander from a line, rule or duty
• Italian: deviare — to wander from a line, rule or duty
• Māori: kotiti — to wander from a line, rule or duty
• Russian: отходи́ть (otxodítʹ) — to wander from a line, rule or duty
• Russian: преступа́ть (prestupátʹ) — to wander from a line, rule or duty
• Ottoman Turkish: دونمك (dönmek) — to wander from a line, rule or duty
• Bulgarian: извивам се (izvivam se) — to bend
• Italian: inclinarsi — to bend
• Russian: сгиба́ться (sgibátʹsja) — to bend
• Russian: согну́ться (sognútʹsja) — to bend
• Italian: arrampicarsi — to climb or move upward
• Bulgarian: избягвам (izbjagvam) — to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact
• German: ausweichen — to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact
• Italian: schivare — to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact
• Italian: scansare — to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact
• Italian: scapolare — to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact
• Italian: derapare — to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact
• Māori: tataha — to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact
• Russian: уклоня́ться (uklonjátʹsja) — to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact
• Russian: уклони́ться (uklonítʹsja) — to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact
• Swedish: väja — to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact
• Swedish: gira — to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact