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swarf
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sw??f/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sw??f/
- Rhymes: -??(?)f, -??f
Etymology 1
From Middle English *swarf, *swerf, from Old English ?eswearf, ?esweorf (“iron filings; rust”) and/or Old Norse svarf (“metallic dust”), both from Proto-Germanic *swarb? (“that which is rubbed off; shavings”), from Proto-Germanic *swerban? (“to mop, wipe; to rub off”); see further at swerve. The word is cognate to Old English sweorfan (“to rub, scour; to file”).
Noun
swarf (countable and uncountable, plural swarfs)
- (uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone. [from mid 16th c.]
- (countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.
Synonyms
- (chips or shavings): turnings
Related terms
- swerve
Translations
Verb
swarf (third-person singular simple present swarfs, present participle swarfing, simple past and past participle swarfed)
- (transitive) To grind down.
Etymology 2
From Middle English swarven, swerven (“to go; to deviate, turn aside; to stagger, be unsteady; to swerve”), from Old English sweorfan (“to wipe; to polish; to rub, scour; to file”), from Proto-Germanic *swerban? (“to mop, wipe; to rub off”). The word is cognate to Middle Dutch swerven (“to rove; to stray”) (whence Dutch zwerven (“to roam”)), Low German swarven (“to rove; to stray; to riot”), Old Norse svarfa (“to sweep; to be agitated, upset”), Norwegian svarva (“to agitate”), sverva (“to whirl”). See swerve.
Verb
swarf (third-person singular simple present swarfs, present participle swarfing, simple past and past participle swarfed)
- (intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To grow languid; to faint.
Noun
swarf (plural swarfs)
- (obsolete) A faint or swoon.
References
Further reading
- swarf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- FWSAR, Warfs
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turnings
English
Noun
turnings
- plural of turning
Anagrams
- Ringnuts, unstring
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