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sviest

“sviest” is a Latvian word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to throw
  2. to fling
  3. to sling
  4. to hurl
  5. to shy
  6. to chuck
  7. to toss
  8. to lob

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sweid-, from *swey(g)- (“to bend, swing”), see also Old English swican (“to move about”), Proto-Germanic *swiką (“deception, trickery”).

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