swerve (verb)
111hesitate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. falter, waiver, shrink, demur; pause. See doubt, stammering, unwillingness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. falter, stutter, fluctuate, vacillate, pause, stop, hold off, hold back, be dubious, be uncertain …
112recoil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Springing back Nouns recoil, reaction, retroaction, revulsion, rebound, ricochet, bounce, boomerang, kick, backlash, repercussion, reflex, return, repulse, repulsion, reverberation, echo; reactionary,… …
113round — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. circular, annular, spherical, globular, cylindrical; approximate. See circularity, rotundity, numeration. n. revolution, cycle; circuit, ambit, course, itinerary, beat; series, catch, rondeau;… …
114sheer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. utter, absolute; mere, simple; thin, diaphanous; perpendicular, precipitous, vertical, steep. See transparency, simpleness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Abrupt] Syn. steep, very steep, precipitous;… …
115skew — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. oblique, distorted. See obliquity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. twist, distort, pervert, shift, misrepresent, change, falsify, misconstrue, misstate, slant, bias, embellish. III (Roget s… …
116vary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. change, alter; fluctuate; differ, disagree; diversify. See difference, discord, disagreement. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To show changes] Syn. dissent, diverge, differ, deviate, digress, swerve, depart,… …
117wander — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. rove, ramble, stroll, walk, range; digress, swerve, deviate, stray; rave, maunder, be delirious; moon; straggle, forage. See travel, deviation, insanity, motion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stroll]… …
118slue — I (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To turn aside sharply from a straight course: chop2, cut, sheer1, skew, swerve, veer. Nautical: yaw. See CHANGE. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun See slew …
119shear — [OE] Shear is the principal English descendant of the Indo European base *sker ‘cut’, which has also produced English score, share, shirt, short, and skirt, and probably sharp and shore as well. A variant of the base without the s is responsible… …
120cause — 1 noun 1 WHAT CAUSES STH (C) a person, event, or thing that makes something happen (+ of): What was the cause of the accident? | The doctor had recorded the cause of death as heart failure. | root/underlying etc cause (=the basic cause): The root …
