In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
swerve, swerving, veering
(noun) the act of turning aside suddenly
yaw, swerve
(noun) an erratic deflection from an intended course
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; “The car cut to the left at the intersection”; “The motorbike veered to the right”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
swerve (third-person singular simple present swerves, present participle swerving, simple past and past participle swerved)
(archaic) To stray; to wander; to rove.
To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
To bend; to incline.
To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line
To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off.
swerve (plural swerves)
A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
A deviation from duty or custom.
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Source: Wiktionary
Swerve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swerved; p. pr. & vb. n. Swerving.] Etym: [OE. swerven, AS. sweorfan to wipe off, to file, to polish; akin to OFries. swerva to creep, D. zwerven to swerve, to rope, OS. swerban to wipe off, MHG. swerben to be whirled, OHG. swerban to wipe off, Icel. sverfa to file, Goth. swaĂrban (in comp.) to wipe, and perhaps to E. swarm. Cf. Swarm.]
1. To stray; to wander; to rope. [Obs.] A maid thitherward did run, To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve. Sir P. Sidney.
2. To go out of a straight line; to deflect. "The point [of the sword] swerved." Sir P. Sidney.
3. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate. I swerve not from thy commandments. Bk. of Com. Prayer. They swerve from the strict letter of the law. Clarendon. Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion. Atterbury.
4. To bend; to incline. "The battle swerved." Milton.
5. To climb or move upward by winding or turning. The tree was high; Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved. Dryden.
Swerve, v. t.
Definition: To turn aside. Gauden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2024
(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; “he was suffering from museum fatigue”; “after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue”; “the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue”; “political fatigue”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.