Definitions for swerve

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Spelling: [swurv]
IPA: /swɜrv/

Swerve is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in swerve (eersvw).

Definitions for swerve

noun

  1. an act of swerving; turning aside.

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to turn aside:

verb (used without object)

  1. to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.

Origin of swerve

1175-1225; Middle English swerven (v.); Old English sweorfan to rub, file; cognate with Dutch zwerven to rove, Old High German swerban, Old Norse sverfa to file, Gothic afswairban to wipe off

Examples for swerve

It moved past them at a walking pace, with an odd, irregular bob and swerve like a spinning top.

The Arcadians did not swerve: in compact order they waited impassively.

They kept the Portuguese in check, matching them tackle for tackle, swerve for swerve.

Motorcycles roar and swerve around women who balance soaring bundles confidently on their heads.

This kind of swerve has been ventured before and it led to an electoral dead end.

It has fixed rules which are the props of order, and will not swerve or bend in extreme cases.

In a swerve he almost stopped, every muscle of his big body trembling in affright.

He would not swerve from the line of duty which he had marked out.

The swerve won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

And even now it was held to be undignified to swerve from that doctrine.

Word Value for swerve
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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