Noun

• S: (n) swerve, swerving, veering (the act of turning aside suddenly)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) turn, turning (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course) "he took a turn to the right"
• S: (n) change of course (a change in the direction that you are moving)
• S: (n) change of direction, reorientation (the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented)
• S: (n) change (the action of changing something) "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
• S: (n) action (something done (usually as opposed to something said)) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) yaw, swerve (an erratic deflection from an intended course)

Verb

• S: (v) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut (turn sharply; change direction abruptly) "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"