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1 vige
* * *vb (veg, veget)( gå tilbage) fall back ( fx the enemy fell back), retreat;( give efter) give way, yield;[ han veg ikke af stedet] he refused to budge;[ med præp & adv:][ blodet veg bort fra hendes kinder] the blood drained from her cheeks;[ vige for] give way to ( fx traffic from the right);(fig) give place to ( fx a younger man),( ved valg) stand down in favour of;( blive erstattet af) give way to ( fx his fear gave way to anger), give place to,( om noget forældet også) be superseded by ( fx the stagecoaches were superseded by (el. gave way el. place to) the railway);[ vige for fjenden] retreat before the enemy;[ vige pladsen for], se ovf: vige for;[ han veg ikke fra hende(s side)] he did not leave her (side);[ vige tilbage] draw back ( fx they drew back to let him pass; he drew back in horror),( af frygt også) shrink back ( for from),( pludseligt) recoil ( for from);(fig) shrink from ( fx the responsibility; doing something);[ han viger ikke tilbage for noget] he sticks (el. stops) at nothing. -
2 svinge
bear, bend, brandish, curve, fork, pivot, range, slew, swerve, swing, swish, veer* * *vb (svingede el. svang, svinget el. svunget)( med objekt) swing ( fx one's arms, a stick, a child on to one's back, the door open),( vifte med) wave ( fx a flag, a handkerchief),( med en flot bevægelse, F) flourish ( fx one's hat, one's stick);( lade ændre retning) swing, turn ( fx one's car into a side street);[` svinge med], se ovf;( uden objekt) swing ( fx the rope (, the door, the pendulum) was swinging; he was swinging on a rope; the door swung open),( ændre retning) swing, turn ( fx the car swung round the corner; the road turns to the left),( pludseligt: vige ud) swerve ( fx the car swerved out in front of him);( vibrere) vibrate ( fx a string (, a tuning fork) vibrates),(fys) oscillate ( fx a pendulum (, a wave) oscillates);( forandre sig) vary ( fx prices vary between £100 and £120 for one gramme; her feelings varied between joy and fear),( være ustadig, F) fluctuate ( fx prices (, the temperature)fluctuated; fluctuate between hope and fear);( skifte standpunkt) swing over ( fx to the Conservatives);( også) turn the corner;[ svingende](dvs ustabil) changeable, variable;[ en svingende tallerken] a heaped plate;[ med sig:][ svinge sig fra gren til gren] swing (oneself) from branch to branch;[ svinge sig i sadlen] swing oneself (el. vault) into the saddle;[ svinge sig ned fra] swing oneself down from ( fx a tree);(fig) rise ( fx rise to the position of chief manager);( om fugl) soar;(fig) summon up, work up,T get up ( fx I can't summon (etc) up any enthusiasm (, pity) for him). -
3 sving
bend, loop, swerve, swing* * *(et -)( svingning) swing ( fx of a pendulum);( drejning, retningsændring) turn;(vejsving etc) bend, curve,( hjørne) corner;(med hånd etc) sweep,( flot; også i skrift) flourish;( håndtag) handle;( stil) turn, ring ( fx his sentences have not got an English ring (el.turn));[ i fuldt sving] in full swing;(dvs i gang) get going;[ komme i sving med arbejdet] get down to work,T get cracking;[ sætte noget i sving] set something going;[ sætte dem i sving] set them to work.
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Swerve — Swerve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swerved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swerving}.] [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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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swerve — swerve·less; swerve; … English syllables
swerve — index depart, detour, deviate, deviation, digress, digression, divert, indirection (indirect action), oscillate … Law dictionary
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