swerve als zelfstandig naamwoord: - 1
- 2
als werkwoord: - 1
swerve
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 swerve
2 swerve
An erratic deflection from an intended course.
synoniem: yaw.
werkwoord
1 swerve
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.
synoniemen: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, trend, veer.
Roget 20a:
vary
etc.
(change)
140;
deviate
etc.
279;
diverge
etc.
291;
alternate,
swerve.
Roget 140:
change,
alter,
vary,
wax and wane;
modulate,
diversify,
qualify,
tamper with;
turn,
shift,
veer,
tack,
chop,
shuffle,
swerve,
warp,
deviate,
turn aside,
evert,
intervert†;
pass to,
take a turn,
turn the corner,
resume.
work a change,
modify,
vamp,
superinduce;
transform,
transfigure,
transmute,
transmogrify,
transume†;
metamorphose,
ring the changes.
innovate,
introduce new blood,
shuffle the cards;
give a turn to,
give a color to;
influence,
turn the scale;
shift the scene,
turn over a new leaf.
recast
etc.
146;
reverse
etc.
218;
disturb
etc.
61;
convert into
etc.
144.
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Roget 279:
alter one's course,
deviate,
depart from,
turn,
trend;
bend,
curve
etc.
245;
swerve,
heel,
bear off;
gybe†,
wear.
intervert†;
deflect;
divert,
divert from its course;
put on a new scent,
shift,
shunt,
draw aside,
crook,
warp.
stray,
straggle;
sidle;
diverge
etc.
291;
tralineate†;
digress,
wander;
wind,
twist,
meander;
veer,
tack;
divagate;
sidetrack;
turn aside,
turn a corner,
turn away from;
wheel,
steer clear of;
ramble,
rove,
drift;
go astray,
go adrift;
yaw,
dodge;
step aside,
ease off,
make way for,
shy.
fly off at a tangent;
glance off;
wheel about,
face about;
turn to the right about,
face to the right about;
waddle
etc.
(oscillate)
314;
go out of one's way
etc.
(perform a circuit)
629;
lose one's way.
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Roget 603:
be unwilling
etc.
adj.;
nill;
dislike
etc.
867;
grudge,
begrudge;
not be able to find it in one's heart to,
not have the stomach to.
demur,
stick at,
scruple,
stickle;
hang fire,
run rusty;
recoil,
shrink,
swerve;
hesitate
etc.
605;
avoid
etc.
623.
oppose
etc.
708;
dissent
etc.
489;
refuse
etc.
764.
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Roget 607:
change one's mind,
change one's intention,
change one's purpose,
change one's note;
abjure,
renounce;
withdraw from
etc.
(relinquish)
624;
waver,
vacillate;
wheel round,
turn round,
veer round;
turn a pirouette;
go over from one side to another,
pass from one side to another,
change from one side to another,
skip from one side to another;
go to the rightabout;
box the compass,
shift one's ground,
go upon another tack.
apostatize,
change sides,
go over,
rat;
recant,
retract;
revoke;
rescind
etc.
(abrogate)
756;
recall;
forswear,
unsay;
come over,
come round to an opinion;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [U.S.].
draw in one's horns,
eat one's words;
eat the leek,
swallow the leek;
swerve,
flinch,
back out of,
retrace one's steps,
think better of it;
come back return to one's first love;
turn over a new leaf
etc.
(repent)
950.
trim,
shuffle,
play fast and loose,
blow hot and cold,
coquet,
be on the fence,
straddle,
bold with the hare but run with the hounds;
nager entre deux eaux [Fr.];
wait to see how the cat jumps,
wait to see how the wind blows.
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Nederlands: zwerven, regelen, afzwenken, evolueren, uitzwenken, zwaaien, zwenken
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