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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024veer1 /vɪr/USA pronunciation v. - to change direction or course or turn aside;
shift or change from one course, position, etc., to another: [no object]The car veered to the right.[~ + object]He veered the car across two lanes of traffic.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024veer1 (vēr),USA pronunciation v.i. - Transport, 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. - Nautical(of the wind)
- to change direction clockwise (opposed to back).
- [Naut.]to shift to a direction more nearly astern (opposed to haul).
v.t. - to alter the direction or course of;
turn. - Nauticalto turn (a vessel) away from the wind;
wear.
n. - a change of direction, position, course, etc.:a sudden veer in a different direction.
- Middle French virer to turn
- 1575–85
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deviate, swerve, diverge.
veer2 (vēr),USA pronunciation v.t. [Naut.]- Nauticalto slacken or let out:to veer chain.
- Middle Dutch vieren to let out
- late Middle English vere 1425–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: veer /vɪə/ vb - to alter direction (of); swing around
- (intransitive) to change from one position, opinion, etc, to another
- (intransitive) (of the wind) to change direction clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern
n - a change of course or direction
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French virer, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh gwyro to diverge |