veer

Plural: veers

Verb

Verb Forms: veered, veering, veers

• To change direction or course suddenly.
• turn sharply; change direction abruptly
  • "The motorbike veered to the right"
• shift to a clockwise direction
  • "the wind veered"
• To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
• To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
• To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
• To shift aft.
• To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
• To turn.

Noun

• A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
• A piglet or a heifer.

Examples

• His strategy would often veer drastically based on the letters drawn.
• The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.

Synonyms

curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend

Antonyms

back, haul forward

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