veer

veer ¹

 (vîr)

v. veered, veer·ing, veers

v.intr.

1.

a. To turn aside from a course or established direction; swerve: veered to the left to avoid a pothole.

b. To deviate from a purpose, behavior, or previous pattern: "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 per in Indo-European roots.]

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veer

(vɪə)

vb

1. to alter direction (of); swing around

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

3. (Physical Geography) (of the wind) to change direction clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern

4. (Nautical Terms) nautical to blow from a direction nearer the stern. Compare haul⁵

5. (Nautical Terms) nautical to steer (a vessel) off the wind

n

a change of course or direction

[C16: from Old French virer, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh gwyro to diverge]

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veer

(vɪə)

vb

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

[C16: from Dutch vieren, from Old High German fieren to give direction]

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veer

(vɪər)

v.i.

1. to change direction or turn aside; shift or change from one course, position, etc., to another.

2. (of the wind)

a. to change direction clockwise (opposed to back).

b. Naut. to shift to a direction more nearly astern (opposed to haul).

v.t.

3. to alter the direction of; turn.

4. to turn (a vessel) away from the wind.

n.

5. a change of position, course, etc.

[1575–85; < Middle French virer to turn « Latin vibrāre; see vibrate]

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veer

Past participle: veered
Gerund: veering

Imperative

veer

veer

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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

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veer

verb

1. To turn aside sharply from a straight course:

chop, cut, sheer, skew, slue, swerve.

Nautical: yaw.

2. To turn away from a prescribed course of action or conduct:

depart, deviate, digress, diverge, stray, swerve.

Archaic: err.

3. To change the direction or course of:

avert, deflect, deviate, divert, pivot, shift, swing, turn.

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Translations

يَنْحَرِف، يُغَيِّر الأتِّجاه

točit se

svinge

virer

irány: irányt változtat

breyta um stefnu; snúast

giraregirare di 180 gradi

mestis į šonąstaiga pasukti

spēji mainīt virzienu

dreie avsvinge

stočiť sa

sapmakyön değiştirmek

突然改变方向

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

veer

(viə) verb

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 guinar točit se sich drehen svinge αλλάζω κατεύθυνση / στρίβω απότομα virar suunda muutma تغییر جهت دادن kääntyä 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 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

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