veer

veer ¹  (vîr)

v. veered, veer·ing, veers

v.intr.

1. 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.

2. To shift clockwise in direction, as from north to northeast. Used of the wind.

3. Nautical To change the course of a ship by turning the stern to the wind while advancing to windward; wear ship.

v.tr.

1. To alter the direction of; turn: veered the car sharply to the left.

2. Nautical To change the course of (a ship) by turning the stern windward.

n.

A change in direction; a swerve.

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[French virer, from Old French.]

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veer ²  (vîr)

tr.v. veered, veer·ing, veers Nautical

To let out or release (a line or an anchor train).

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[Middle English veren, from Middle Dutch vieren; see per¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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veer¹

vb

1. to alter direction (of); swing around

2. (intr) to change from one position, opinion, etc., to another

3. (intr) (of the wind)

a.  (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) to change direction clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern

b.  (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical to blow from a direction nearer the stern Compare haul [5]

4. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical to steer (a vessel) off the wind

n

a change of course or direction

[from Old French virer, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh gwyro to diverge]

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veer²

vb

(Transport / Nautical Terms) (tr; often foll by out or away) Nautical to slacken or pay out (cable or chain)

[from Dutch vieren, from Old High German fieren to give direction]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	veer - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, curve, cut turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" peel off - leave a formation yaw - swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"
	2.	veer - shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered" change over, shift, switch - make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched" back - shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed"

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veer

verb change direction, turn, swerve, shift, sheer, tack, be deflected, change course small potholes which tend to make the car veer to one side or the other

Translations

veer [vɪəʳ] VI (also to veer round) [ship] → virar; [car] → girar, torcer; [wind] → cambiar de dirección, rolar(Met, Naut) (fig) → cambiar(de rumbo)
the car veered off the road → el coche se salió de la carretera
the wind veered to the east → el viento cambió hacia el este, el viento roló al este
the country has veered to the left → el país ha dado un giro hacia or a la izquierda
it veers from one extreme to the other → oscila desde un extremo al otro
people are veering round to our point of view → la gente está empezando a aceptar nuestro criterio

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veer [ˈvɪə^r] vi

[wind] → tourner

to veer off [car, bus, plane, ship] → dévier
to veer off course → dévier de sa trajectoire
to veer off to one side → dévier d'un côté

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veer

vi (wind) → (sich) drehen (im Uhrzeigersinn) → (to nach); (ship) → abdrehen; (car) → ausscheren; (road) → scharf abbiegen, abknicken; the ship veered round → das Schiff drehte ab; the road veered to the left → die Straße machte eine scharfe Linkskurve; the car veered to the left → das Auto scherte nach links aus; the car veered off the road → das Auto kam von der Straße ab; the driver was forced to veer sharply → der Fahrer musste plötzlich das Steuer herumreißen; to veer off course → vom Kurs abkommen; it veers from one extreme to the other → es schwankt zwischen zwei Extremen; he veered round to my point of view → er ist auf meine Richtung umgeschwenkt; he veered away from the subject → er kam (völlig) vom Thema ab; the country has veered to the right under Thatcher → das Land ist unter Thatcher nach rechts geschwenkt

n (of wind) → Drehung f; (of ship, fig: in policy) → Kurswechsel m; (of car) → Ausscheren nt; (of road) → Knick m; a veer to the left politically → ein politischer Ruck nach links

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veer [vɪəʳ] vi (ship, car) → virare; (wind) → girare
wind veering westerly at times → vento con tendenza a provenire da occidente
the country has veered to the left → il paese ha fatto una svolta a sinistra
the conversation veered round to politics → la conversazione si è spostata sulla politica

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veer [vɪəʳ] vi (ship, car) → virare; (wind) → girare
wind veering westerly at times → vento con tendenza a provenire da occidente
the country has veered to the left → il paese ha fatto una svolta a sinistra
the conversation veered round to politics → la conversazione si è spostata sulla politica

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veer

v veer [viə]

to change direction suddenly The car veered across the road to avoid hitting a small boy. draai, van rigting verander يَنْحَرِف، يُغَيِّر الأتِّجاه променям посоката си točit se svinge sich drehen αλλάζω κατεύθυνση / στρίβω απότομα virar suunda muutma تغییر جهت دادن kääntyä äkillisesti virer לְשַנוֹת כִּיווּן दिशा बदलना okrenuti se, promijeniti smjer irányt változtat membelok, membanting stir breyta um stefnu; snúast (cambiare direzione) 向きを変える 방향(진로)을 바꾸다 staiga pasukti, mestis į šoną spēji mainīt virzienu berubah arah van koers veranderen dreie av, svinge (brått) skręcić nagle, odbić guinar a vira делать вираж stočiť sa spremeniti smer promeniti pravac svänga undan, gira หันเห yön değiştirmek, sapmak 突然改變方向 змінювати напрям اچانک مڑنا thay đổi hướng đi 突然改变方向