Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь - swerve
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swerve
отклоняться от прямого пути, сворачивать в сторону
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1. noun отклонение 2. v. отклоняться от прямого пути, сворачивать в сторону (тж. перен.) (from); Did you see that dangerous driver, swerving from his course just when the other drivers least expected it? ...Англо-русский словарь
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v. & n. --v.intr. & tr. change or cause to change direction, esp. abruptly. --n. 1 a swerving movement. 2 divergence from a course. Derivatives swerveless adj. swerver n. Etymology: ME, repr. OE sweorfan SCOUR(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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verb (~d; swerving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sweorfan to wipe, file away; akin to Old High German swerban to wipe off, Welsh chwerfu to whirl Date: 14th century intransitive verb to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course ; deviate transitive verb to cause to turn aside or deviate • ~ noun Synonyms: ~, veer, deviate, depart, digress, diverge mean to turn aside from a straight course. ~ may suggest a physical, mental, or moral turning away from a given course, often with abruptness ~d to avoid hitting the dog. veer implies a major change in direction at that point the path veers to the right. deviate implies a turning from a customary or prescribed course never deviated from her daily routine. depart suggests a deviation from a traditional or conventional course or type occasionally departs from his own guidelines. digress applies to a departing from the subject of one's discourse a professor prone to digress. diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a main path into two or more leading in different directions after school their paths diverged. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(swerves, swerving, swerved) If a vehicle or other moving thing swerves or if you swerve it, it suddenly changes direction, often in order to avoid hitting something. Drivers coming in the opposite direction swerved to avoid the bodies... Her car swerved off the road into a 6ft high brick wall... Suddenly Ned swerved the truck, narrowly missing a blond teenager on a skateboard. VERB: V, V prep/adv, V n • Swerve is also a noun. He swung the car to the left and that swerve saved Malone’s life. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v 1 to make a sudden sideways movement while moving forwards, especially in order to avoid hitting something (Jo swerved to avoid a dog.) + across/off etc (The car swerved across the road and crashed into a wall.) 2 (usually in negatives) formal to change from an idea, course of action, purpose etc + from (He vowed he would not swerve from his declared aims.) - swerve n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- probably from O.E. sweorfan "to rub, scour, file" (but sense development is difficult to trace), from P.Gmc. *swerbanan. Cognate words in other Gmc. languages (cf. O.Fris. swerva "to creep," M.Du. swerven "to rove, stray") suggests the sense of "go off, turn aside" may have existed in O.E., though unrecorded. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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