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veer
1[veer]
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.
Synonyms: , ,(of the wind)
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.
veer
2[veer]
verb (used with object)
to slacken or let out.
to veer chain.
veer
1/ ɪə /
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
nautical to steer (a vessel) off the wind
noun
a change of course or direction
veer
2/ ɪə /
verb
(tr; often foll by out or away) nautical to slacken or pay out (cable or chain)
Other 51Թ Forms
- veeringly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of veer1
Origin of veer2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of veer1
Origin of veer2
Example Sentences
As the lorry veers off the freeway and up a ramp towards the toll gates, the machine is still driving itself.
The word substitutions prove jarring even when they’re not veering off into raunchy slang.
He’s also invested his protagonist with a self-deprecating sense of humor that keeps his pessimism from veering into maudlin territory.
Whenever you think you know which way “Purpose” is heading, it veers off in an unexpected direction.
For some, though, “fruit salad” still conjures images of syrup-slicked fruit orbs — maybe even veering into ambrosia territory.
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