Crossword clues for swerved
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To stray; to wander; to rope. [Obs.]
A maid thitherward did run, To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve.
--Sir P. Sidney. To go out of a straight line; to deflect. ``The point [of the sword] swerved.''
--Sir P. Sidney.-
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.
I swerve not from thy commandments.
--Bk. of Com. Prayer.They swerve from the strict letter of the law.
--Clarendon.Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion.
--Atterbury. To bend; to incline. ``The battle swerved.''
--Milton.-
To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
The tree was high; Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: swerve)
Wikipedia
Swerved is a prank show created by WWE, which airs on the WWE Network, It is directed by the director of Jackass and Bad Grandpa, Jeff Tremaine, The show features superstars and other WWE personnel pranking strangers or the other superstars or personnel themselves.
Usage examples of "swerved".
Todd shot a defensive charge under the Mommy's tail: pain and noise alarmed it enough to divert its path so that it swerved into the tiddler.
He swerved toward Martinson, his long stained finger almost in the man's nostrils.
Then the truck swerved to the right and she saw the burned-out chassis of a car on the left.
Just when it looked as if the dragon would collide with the ridge, she unfolded her wings and swerved off.
The dragon swerved his body around so that his great head, with its many-faceted eyes swirling with a variety of colours rapidly turning into orange and red, came closer to Robie.
Then Lioth swerved and Piemur's fingers became numb as he increased the pressure on the straps, uncon sciously leaning backward against the angle of descent into darkness.
Chomping as he rose to see where his flame would next be useful, Ruth swerved to his right, once again throwing Jaxom's weight against the riding straps.
The swing was so wild that it unbalanced Sharpe, but it also terrified the second Dragoon who swerved frantically away from the blade's hissing reach.
The stallion stumbled and Sharpe almost fell, and when he recovered himself he saw that the Frenchman had swerved off the road arid, with drawn sabre, was charging straight for him.
This man, eager to draw first blood, swerved as he neared Sharpe, then leaned out of his saddle to give a gut-slicing sweep with the glittering blade.
He counted to eight, then swerved hard left into the tall rye, just as the French volley whipped through the dust cloud left by the stallion's hooves.
The leading horseman was the Prince of Orange who, seeing Sharpe, raised a hand in greeting and swerved towards the two Riflemen.
The Duke swerved away as the Dutch officers shouted at their men to cease their fire.
The horsemen, on tired horses that wanted to draw breath, swerved away from the threat of the close-packed muskets.
A Lancer chased the man, lunged, but the Scot swerved, backswung, and the Lancer reeled bloodily away.