Home › Words › S › swarveswarve/swɔːv/swarve means to swerve.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, swarve ranks #26,034 of 42,747 for Qualifying.swarve is pronounced /swɔːv/.EtymologySee swerve.verbTo swerve.To climb.e.g.“Feede your eyes (quod you) the reason from my wisdom swarveth, / I stared on you both, and yet my belly starveth.” — 1571, Edwards, Damon and Pythias:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).