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Definition of Swerving
1. Noun. The act of turning aside suddenly.
Generic synonyms: Turn, Turning
Derivative terms: Swerve, Swerve, Veer
Definition of Swerving
1. Verb. (present participle of swerve) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swerving
1. swerve [v] - See also: swerve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swerving
Literary usage of Swerving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Autobiography of Henry Taylor, 1800-1875 by Henry Taylor (1885)
"AUTUMNAL CHANGES—AUBREY DE VERB swerving TOWARDS ROME ' THE WISE WOMAN BUILDETH
HER HOUSE '—SIB JOHN PAK- INGTON—ARCHBISHOP OF YORK—LORD AND LADY JOHN ..."
2. Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah: Written Previous To, and by Elizabeth Hamilton (1811)
"... like his, was incapable of swerving from the rigid dictates of truth; and he
would have united with me in reprobating every attempt to calumniate his ..."
3. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1904)
"As the effective beat of these cilia changes farther, the swerving becomes stronger
and the revolution slower, so that the anterior end swings in a larger ..."
4. Autobiography of Henry Taylor, 1800-1875 by Henry Taylor (1885)
"AUTUMNAL CHANGES—AUBREY DE VERB swerving TOWARDS ROME ' THE WISE WOMAN BUILDETH
HER HOUSE '—SIB JOHN PAK- INGTON—ARCHBISHOP OF YORK—LORD AND LADY JOHN ..."
5. Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah: Written Previous To, and by Elizabeth Hamilton (1811)
"... like his, was incapable of swerving from the rigid dictates of truth; and he
would have united with me in reprobating every attempt to calumniate his ..."
6. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1904)
"As the effective beat of these cilia changes farther, the swerving becomes stronger
and the revolution slower, so that the anterior end swings in a larger ..."
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