Veering

veer¹ (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.

A change in direction; a swerve.

[French virer, from Old French.]

veer² (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.]

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Noun

veering - the act of turning aside suddenly

swerve, swerving

turning, turn - the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right"

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broached
Broacher
change over
deflection
environ
fadeaway
feather
oscillate
oscillation
shift
slue
Stray line
swerve
swerving
Tirl
To freshen the hawse
To veer and haul
To veer away
trend

M'Kenzie immediately determined to return with him to Astoria, and, veering about, the two parties encamped together for the night.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

No word was spoken, but at once the yacht began a most astonishing performance, veering and yawing as though the greenest of amateurs was at the wheel.

Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context

For three months, during which a day seemed an age, the Abraham Lincoln furrowed all the waters of the Northern Pacific, running at whales, making sharp deviations from her course, veering suddenly from one tack to another, stopping suddenly, putting on steam, and backing ever and anon at the risk of deranging her machinery, and not one point of the Japanese or American coast was left unexplored.

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context

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