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[ veer ] SHOW IPA
/ vɪər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used without object) to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
(of the wind) to change direction clockwise (opposed to back1 def. 31). Nautical .to shift to a direction more nearly astern (opposed to haul def. 8c). verb (used with object) to alter the direction or course of; turn.
Nautical . to turn (a vessel) away from the wind; wear.
noun a change of direction, position, course, etc.: a sudden veer in a different direction.
Origin of veer 1 First recorded in 1575–85, veer is from the Middle French word virer to turn
SYNONYMS FOR veer 1 deviate, swerve, diverge.
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OTHER WORDS FROM veer veer·ing·ly, adverb Words nearby veer vee, Veeck, veejay, veena, veep, veer , veery, veg, Vega, Vega Alta, Vega Baja
Definition for veer (2 of 2) [ veer ] SHOW IPA
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verb (used with object) Nautical . to slacken or let out: to veer chain.
Origin of veer 2 1425–75; late Middle English vere <Middle Dutch vieren to let out
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The woman allegedly decided to hit her brakes suddenly and veer toward an exit, losing Tirico.
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And yet Cinco de Mayo can veer so, so quickly into Cinco de Weirdly Racist Douchebaggery.
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This could all change if Maryland decides to veer left and elect Heather Mizeur, a wonky, pro-pot married lesbian, as governor.
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Over with the anchor; veer out as little cable as she will ride to; hold on, stand ready all!
Storm Warriors | John Gilmore
The wind of a riot is always enough to veer the Parisians from north to south under any regime.
But the machine darted downward and seemed to be content to veer off for a while.
Air Service Boys in the Big Battle | Charles Amory Beach
The Pocahontas used to veer to a hundred fathoms, and there lie like a duck in fifty or sixty feet of water.
From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life | Captain A. T. Mahan
Some men of the life saving station had seen her approach, and then veer out again suddenly as the light was changed.
The Motor Boys on the Atlantic | Clarence Young
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British Dictionary definitions for veer (1 of 2) verb to alter direction (of); swing around
(intr) to change from one position, opinion, etc, to another
(intr) (of the wind) to change direction clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern nautical to blow from a direction nearer the stern Compare haul (def. 5) nautical to steer (a vessel) off the wind
noun a change of course or direction
Word Origin for veer C16: from Old French virer, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh gwyro to diverge
British Dictionary definitions for veer (2 of 2) verb (tr; often foll by out or away) nautical to slacken or pay out (cable or chain)
Word Origin for veer C16: from Dutch vieren, from Old High German fieren to give direction
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