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  • 41veer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. swerve, shift; deviate; jibe, come about, yaw. See change, deviation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. swerve, deviate, depart, digress, diverge, bend, turn, divert, deflect, sheer, avert, curve; see also… …

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  • 42swerve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. turn aside, deviate, shift, sheer, veer, yaw; dodge. See deviation, change. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. move, turn aside, veer, deviate; see turn 6 , deviate . See Synonym Study at deviate . III (Roget …

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  • 43yaw — 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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  • 44Bend — 1. v. & n. v. (past bent; past part. bent exc. in bended knee) 1 a tr. force or adapt (something straight) into a curve or angle. b intr. (of an object) be altered in this way. 2 intr. move or stretch in a curved course (the road bends to the… …

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  • 45bend — 1. v. & n. v. (past bent; past part. bent exc. in bended knee) 1 a tr. force or adapt (something straight) into a curve or angle. b intr. (of an object) be altered in this way. 2 intr. move or stretch in a curved course (the road bends to the… …

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  • 46deviation — 1. A turning away or aside from the normal point or course. 2. An abnormality. 3. In psychiatry and the behavioral sciences, a departure from an accepted norm, role, or rule. SYN: deviance. 4. A statistical measure representing the …

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  • 47Ontario Highway 535 — Highway 535 Route information Length: 48.8 km[2] (30.3 mi) …

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  • 48Bent — Bent, n. [See {Bend}, n. & v.] 1. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow. [Obs.] Wilkins. [1913 Webster] 2. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. [R.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3.… …

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  • 49swerve — {{11}}swerve (n.) 1741, from SWERVE (Cf. swerve) (v.). {{12}}swerve (v.) early 13c., to depart, make off; early 14c., to turn aside, deviate from a straight course, probably from O.E. sweorfan to rub, scour, file (but sense development is… …

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  • 50deflect — verb Etymology: Latin deflectere to bend down, turn aside, from de + flectere to bend Date: circa 1555 transitive verb to turn aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction intransitive verb to turn aside ; deviate • deflectable …

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