swerve (verb)

  • 41car — noun 1 road vehicle with four wheels ⇨ See also ↑automobile ADJECTIVE ▪ fast ▪ new ▪ diesel (esp. BrE), electric, fuel efficient (esp. AmE), hybrid …

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  • 42bias — I. noun Etymology: Middle French biais Date: 1530 1. a line diagonal to the grain of a fabric; especially a line at a 45 degree angle to the selvage often utilized in the cutting of garments for smoother fit 2. a. a peculiarity in the shape of a… …

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  • 43List of professional wrestling terms — Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of slang, in references and jargon.cite web|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/insiderglossary.shtml|title=Torch Glossary of Insider Terms|publisher=PWTorch.com|accessdate=2007 07 10|date=2000]… …

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  • 44diverge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. separate, branch off, fork; sunder; divaricate, deviate; differ, vary, disagree; veer, swerve; detach; go off at a tangent; radiate. See difference, deviation, disagreement. II (Roget s IV) v. 1.… …

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  • 45yaw — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. drift, deviate; jibe, tack. See deviation, navigation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. curve, swerve, bank; see bend 2 , turn 6 , veer . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. swing, pitch, swerve, roll, veer,… …

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  • 46Billiard table — A billiard table or billiards table (or more specifically a pool table or snooker table) is a bounded table on which billiards type games are played. In the modern era, all billiards tables, regardless of whether for carom billiards, pocket… …

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  • 47sheer — 1. adjective /ˈʃɪə,ʃɪr/ a) Very thin or transparent. Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention. b) Pure; unmixed; being only what it seems to be. I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing …

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  • 48Glossary of professional wrestling terms — Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of slang, in references, and jargon.[1] Much of it stems from the industry s origins in the days of carnivals and circuses,[2] and the slang itself is often referred to as carny talk. In… …

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  • 49bend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. curve, turn. v. i. give, yield; curve. v. t. control; shape. See softness, authority, curvature, obliquity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. crook, bow, arch; see curve 1 . v. 1. [To force out of a straight… …

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  • 50change — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Alteration Nouns 1. change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, innovation, metastasis; transition; menopause; deviation, flux, turn; shift; diversion, break; reform,… …

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