swarf

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /swɔːf/ (General American) IPA(key): /swɔɹf/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f, -ɔːf === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *swarf, *swerf, from Old English ġeswearf, ġesweorf (“iron filings; rust”) and/or Old Norse svarf (“metallic dust”), both from Proto-Germanic *swarbą (“that which is rubbed off; shavings”), from Proto-Germanic *swerbaną (“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 ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== swerve ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== kerf ==== 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 *swerbaną (“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 === See also === swarf-penny === Anagrams === FWSAR, Warfs