swerve (verb)
61avoid — [[t]əvɔ͟ɪd[/t]] ♦♦ avoids, avoiding, avoided 1) VERB If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening. [V n] The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster... [V ing] Women… …
62break — I. verb (broke; broken; breaking) Etymology: Middle English breken, from Old English brecan; akin to Old High German brehhan to break, Latin frangere Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to separate into parts with suddenness or… …
63cut — I. verb (cut; cutting) Etymology: Middle English cutten Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to penetrate with or as if with an edged instrument b. to hurt the feelings of c. to strike sharply with a cutting effect d …
64cut out — I. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to form by erosion 2. to determine or assign through necessity < you ve got your work cut out for you > 3. to take the place of ; supplant 4. to put an end to ; desist from …
65deviate — I. verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Late Latin deviatus, past participle of deviare, from Latin de + via way more at way Date: circa 1633 intransitive verb 1. to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic 2. to depart from an established …
66lug — I. verb (lugged; lugging) Etymology: Middle English luggen to pull by the hair or ear, drag, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian lugga to pull by the hair Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. drag, pull 2. to carry laboriously <… …
67sheer — I. verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of 1shear Date: 1539 intransitive verb to deviate from a course ; swerve transitive verb to cause to sheer II. noun Date: 1670 …
68turn — vi: to have a specified decisive factor used with on the first of the cases...turn ed on first amendment issues K. A. Cohen Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
69veer — [[t]vɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] veers, veering, veered 1) VERB If something veers in a certain direction, it suddenly moves in that direction. [V prep/adv] The plane veered off the runway and careered through the perimeter fence... [V prep/adv] Horrified… …
70slew — I. /slu / (say slooh) verb past tense of slay. II. /slu / (say slooh) verb (t) 1. to turn or twist (something), especially upon its own axis or without moving it from its place. 2. to cause to swing round: *Sam, however, instead of pulling a long …
