veer
1 (vîr)
[French virer, from Old French.]
verb: veered, veer·ing, veers.
intransitive verb
- To turn aside from a course, direction, or purpose; swerve: “a sequence of adventures that veered between tragedy and bleak farce” (Anthony Haden-Guest) See synonyms at swerve
- To shift clockwise in direction, as from north to northeast. Used of the wind.
- Nautical To change the course of a ship by turning the stern to the wind while advancing to windward; wear ship.
transitive verb
- To alter the direction of; turn: veered the car sharply to the left.
- Nautical To change the course of (a ship) by turning the stern windward.
noun
- A change in direction; a swerve.
veer
2 (vîr)
[Middle English veren, from Middle Dutch vieren.]
transitive verb: veered, veer·ing, veers.
Nautical- To let out or release (a line or an anchor train).
