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swerving
(encz) | swerving,vybočení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Swerving
(gcide) | Swerve \Swerve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swerved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Swerving.] [OE. swerven, AS. sweorfan to wipe off, to file,
to polish; akin to OFries. swerva to creep, D. zwerven to
swerve, to rope, OS. swerban to wipe off, MHG. swerben to be
whirled, OHG. swerban to wipe off, Icel. sverfa to file,
Goth. swa['i]rban (in comp.) to wipe, and perhaps to E.
swarm. Cf. Swarm.]
1. To stray; to wander; to rope. [Obs.]
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A maid thitherward did run,
To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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2. To go out of a straight line; to deflect. "The point [of
the sword] swerved." --Sir P. Sidney.
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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.
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I swerve not from thy commandments. --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
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They swerve from the strict letter of the law.
--Clarendon.
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Many who, through the contagion of evil example,
swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy
religion. --Atterbury.
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4. To bend; to incline. "The battle swerved." --Milton.
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5. To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
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The tree was high;
Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved.
--Dryden.
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swerving
(wn) | swerving
n 1: the act of turning aside suddenly [syn: swerve,
swerving, veering] |
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swerving
(encz) | swerving,vybočení n: Zdeněk Brož |
unswerving
(encz) | unswerving,neochvějný adj: Zdeněk Brožunswerving,pevný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unswervingly
(encz) | unswervingly,neochvějně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Unswerving
(gcide) | Unswerving \Unswerving\
See swerving. |
swerving
(wn) | swerving
n 1: the act of turning aside suddenly [syn: swerve,
swerving, veering] |
unswerving
(wn) | unswerving
adj 1: going directly ahead from one point to another without
veering or turning aside; "some people see evolution as
an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the
very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road
unswerving across the lowlands" [syn: undeviating,
unswerving]
2: firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast
ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving
devotion"; "unswerving allegiance" [syn: steadfast,
staunch, unswerving] |
unswervingly
(wn) | unswervingly
adv 1: in a constant and steadfast manner; "an unswervingly
loyal man"
2: without swerving; in a direct and unswerving manner; "the
ship travelled unswervingly through the night" |
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