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Change direction abruptly
Answer for the clue "Change direction abruptly ", 6 letters:
swerve
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Word definitions for swerve in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of turning aside suddenly [syn: swerving , veering ] an erratic deflection from an intended course [syn: yaw ] v. turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB off ▪ He kept it rolling and swerved off at the first exit on the right. ▪ It swerved off the road; killed three of the children; and badly injured Anne Maguire. ▪ He swerved off the track and into the gravel trap ...
Usage examples of swerve.
We had swerved, close in, around the second headland, and were tearing across the mouth of the bay toward Agios Georgios.
One of the fat ugly Albacore sharks saw me as I slid down the dark cliff face, and he swerved towards me.
Only when collision seemed inevitable did the German pilot lose his nerve and swerve, and Biggies whirled round on his tail in the lightning right-hand turn for which the Camel was famous.
He swerved away from the Beaters, one of whom had hit the Bludger toward him before he realized what Harry had done, and, Snitch in hand, Harry ducked the metal sphere once again before hovering near the middle of the field, holding up the Snitch with a triumphant grin.
Kamahl continued to run, keeping an eye on Brue and swerving back and forth to keep the mage guessing where he was headed.
SPIRIT OF THE YEARS Hold what ye list, fond believing Sprites, You cannot swerve the pulsion of the Byss, Which thinking on, yet weighing not Its thought, Unchecks Its clock-like laws.
She answered that happiness could not be obtained by offending every moral law, and by swerving from our duties.
Raymond was to inspire them with his beneficial will, and the mechanism of society, once systematised according to faultless rules, would never again swerve into disorder.
Yama charged at the doctor then, and one of the flock of machines which floated in the big, airy room swerved and clipped him on the side of the head.
Only the edge of the storm had touched the fumarole field before it had swerved, leaving them unscathed.
John the gerbil, free from his hideaway, ran across the sofa down to the floor and swerved between their legs.
As the stranger moved on toward the unlighted swerve, Hurd slipped out of the doorway and followed him.
The jalopy swerved around a corner through a wind that smelled of turpentine and whitewash.
With a clownish skip of his black, scaly feet, and a show-offish swerve of his dusty ebon wings, Kaw took to the air once more.
VooDoo got outside, Kyre helplessly watched him run across the street, cars skidding and swerving to avoid the raving lunatic wailing and running with his arms flailing.