Swerve — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of turning aside suddenly

an erratic deflection from an intended course

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/swˈɜːv/

🇬🇧British English

/swˈɜːv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/swˈɜːv/

1 syllable Say it as /swˈɜːv/.

Examples

The car cut to the left at the intersection
The motorbike veered to the right

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

cut trend slue veering sheer curve swerving veer slew yaw

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of turning aside suddenly
noun	an erratic deflection from an intended course
verb	turn sharply; change direction abruptly “The car cut to the left at the intersection”

Word Forms

swerve	verb	turn sharply; change direction abruptly
veer	verb	turn sharply; change direction abruptly
yaw	verb	deviate erratically from a set course
swerve	noun	an erratic deflection from an intended course
swerving	noun	the act of turning aside suddenly
curve	noun	the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
trend	noun	general line of orientation
veering	noun	the act of turning aside suddenly

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Effet

der Akt des plötzlichen Abwendens

🇫🇷French

embardée

le fait de se détourner soudainement

🇪🇸Spanish

viraje

el acto de desviarse repentinamente

🇮🇹Italian

sterzare

l'atto di voltarsi improvvisamente

🇳🇱Dutch

uitwijken

de handeling van het plotseling afwenden

🇵🇹Portuguese

desviar

o ato de se desviar repentinamente

🇷🇺Russian

свернуть

акт внезапного поворота в сторону

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भटकना

अचानक एक ओर मुड़ने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

বক্রতা

হঠাৎ একপাশে বাঁক অভিনয়

🇮🇳Tamil

திசைதிருப்ப

திடீரென்று விலகிச் செல்லும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

తిరుగుట

అకస్మాత్తుగా పక్కకు తిరిగే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

वळणे

अचानक बाजूला वळण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

વળવું

અચાનક બાજુ તરફ વળવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಿರುಗಿಸು

ಇದ್ದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ತಿರುಗುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തിരിയുക

പെട്ടെന്ന് മാറിപ്പോകുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਘੁੰਮਣਾ

ਅਚਾਨਕ ਇੱਕ ਪਾਸੇ ਮੁੜਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

گھومنا

اچانک ایک طرف ہٹ جانے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

急转弯

突然转身的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

それる

突然脇を向く行為

🇰🇷Korean

곡구

갑자기 옆으로 돌아서는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đổi hướng

hành động đột ngột quay sang một bên

🇹🇭Thai

หักเลี้ยว

การหันเหไปทางอื่นกะทันหัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengelak

tindakan berpaling secara tiba-tiba

🇵🇭Filipino

lumihis

ang aktong tumabi bigla

🇲🇾Malay

melencong

perbuatan menoleh secara tiba-tiba

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

انحراف

فعل التحول جانبا فجأة

🇮🇷Persian

منحرف کردن

عمل دور زدن ناگهانی

🇹🇷Turkish

yoldan çıkmak

aniden kenara dönme eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

לִסְטוֹת

פעולת ההיפוך הפתאומית

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The primary meaning of 'swerve' is 'the act of turning aside suddenly'.

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