"swaver" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: swavers [present, singular, third-person], swavering [participle, present], swavered [participle, past], swavered [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} swaver (third-person singular simple present swavers, present participle swavering, simple past and past participle swavered)
  1. To stagger or totter; to walk feebly, as one who is fatigued.
    Sense id: en-swaver-en-verb-J4Y5ORiX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 15 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 14 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 13 8
  2. To incline to one side; to swing.
    Sense id: en-swaver-en-verb-vIylFZ89
  3. (obsolete) To decline away from. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-swaver-en-verb-egexxJyO

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "swavers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swavering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swavered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swavered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "swaver (third-person singular simple present swavers, present participle swavering, simple past and past participle swavered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 15 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 14 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 13 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stagger or totter; to walk feebly, as one who is fatigued."
      ],
      "id": "en-swaver-en-verb-J4Y5ORiX",
      "links": [
        [
          "stagger",
          "stagger"
        ],
        [
          "totter",
          "totter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015, Ann Pancake, Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley: Novellas and Stories:",
          "text": "\"I felt me swaver a little on my feet. Them winders was a-swimming, they took no reflection, they let in no night.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To incline to one side; to swing."
      ],
      "id": "en-swaver-en-verb-vIylFZ89",
      "links": [
        [
          "incline",
          "incline"
        ],
        [
          "swing",
          "swing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To decline away from."
      ],
      "id": "en-swaver-en-verb-egexxJyO",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To decline away from."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swaver"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "swavers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swavering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swavered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swavered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "swaver (third-person singular simple present swavers, present participle swavering, simple past and past participle swavered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To stagger or totter; to walk feebly, as one who is fatigued."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stagger",
          "stagger"
        ],
        [
          "totter",
          "totter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015, Ann Pancake, Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley: Novellas and Stories:",
          "text": "\"I felt me swaver a little on my feet. Them winders was a-swimming, they took no reflection, they let in no night.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To incline to one side; to swing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "incline",
          "incline"
        ],
        [
          "swing",
          "swing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decline away from."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To decline away from."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swaver"
}

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