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veer

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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.

[French virer, from Old French.]

veer 2  (vîr)
tr.v. veered, veer·ing, veers Nautical
To let out or release (a line or an anchor train).

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

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]

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.veerveer - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
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.veerveer - 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"

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 roadel coche se salió de la carretera
the wind veered to the eastel viento cambió hacia el este, el viento roló al este
the country has veered to the leftel país ha dado un giro hacia or a la izquierda
it veers from one extreme to the otheroscila desde un extremo al otro
people are veering round to our point of viewla gente está empezando a aceptar nuestro criterio

veer [ˈvɪər] 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

veer
vi (wind)(sich) drehen (im Uhrzeigersinn) → (to nach); (ship)abdrehen; (car)ausscheren; (road)scharf abbiegen, abknicken; the ship veered rounddas Schiff drehte ab; the road veered to the leftdie Straße machte eine scharfe Linkskurve; the car veered to the leftdas Auto scherte nach links aus; the car veered off the roaddas Auto kam von der Straße ab; the driver was forced to veer sharplyder Fahrer musste plötzlich das Steuer herumreißen; to veer off coursevom Kurs abkommen; it veers from one extreme to the otheres schwankt zwischen zwei Extremen; he veered round to my point of viewer ist auf meine Richtung umgeschwenkt; he veered away from the subjecter kam (völlig) vom Thema ab; the country has veered to the right under Thatcherdas 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 politicallyein politischer Ruck nach links

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
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

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


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My well-remembered experience has convinced me that, in that corner of the ocean, once the wind has got to the northward of west (as it did on the 20th, taking the British fleet aback), appearances of westerly weather go for nothing, and that it is infinitely more likely to veer right round to the east than to shift back again.
Scarcely had he spoken when he saw the stag veer about and fix its glances rigidly on the bushes to the left side of the glade.
A dozen paces straight through the underbrush, then a sharp turn at right angles for no apparent reason, only to veer again suddenly in a new direction
 
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