Definitions For Swarf

Etymology 1

From Middle English swarf, *swerf, from , ġesweorf, t=iron filings; rust and/or , both from , from ; see further at swerve. The word is cognate to .

Noun

SWARF. (countable and uncountable, plural SWARFs) (uncountable) The waste#adjective, waste chip#noun, chips or shaving#noun, shavings from an abrasive#adjective, abrasive activity, such as metalworking#noun, metalworking, a saw#noun, saw cut#verb, 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 turning, turnings

Related terms

swerve

Translations

Finnish: purut, p French: copeaux, m-p German: Späne, m-p Finnish: puru French: copeau, m German: Span, m Arabic: رايش Azerbaijani: yonqar Basque: txirbil Catalan: borumballa, f, encenall Czech: tříska, třísky, f-p, hoblina, hobliny, f-p Estonian: laast French: copeau, m Galician: labra, f Italian: truciolo Kazakh: жаңқа, жоңқа Kyrgyz: кабык Maori: kotakota Persian: براده Polish: wiór Portuguese: cavaco, m Romanian: talaș, n, talaj, n Russian: стру́жка, f Spanish: viruta, f Ukrainian: стру́жка, f, остру́жок

Verb

(transitive) To grind#verb, grind down.

Etymology 2

From Middle English swarven, swerven, , to go; to deviate, turn aside; to stagger, be unsteady; to swerve, from , from . The word is cognate to (whence ), , , , sverva, , to whirl. See swerve.

Verb

(intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To grow languid; to faint#verb, faint.

Noun

SWARF (plural SWARFs) (obsolete) A faint#noun, faint or swoon#noun, swoon.

Anagrams

FWSAR, Warfs