'Veer' definitions:
Definition of 'veer'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Veer'
From: GCIDE
- Veer \Veer\, v. t. To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel. [1913 Webster]
- To veer and haul (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. --Totten.
- To veer away or To veer out (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Veer'
From: GCIDE
- Veer \Veer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Veered; p. pr. & vb. n. Veering.] [F. virer (cf. Sp. virar, birar), LL. virare; perhaps fr. L. vibrare to brandish, vibrate (cf. Vibrate); or cf. L. viriae armlets, bracelets, viriola a little bracelet (cf. Ferrule). Cf. Environ.] To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north. "His veering gait." --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- And as he leads, the following navy veers. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as passion or as interest may veer about. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- To veer and haul (Naut.), to vary the course or direction; -- said of the wind, which veers aft and hauls forward. The wind is also said to veer when it shifts with the sun. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'veer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- about ship,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- angle,
- angle off,
- apex,
- avert,
- back and fill,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be renewed,
- bear away,
- bear off,
- bear to starboard,
- beat,
- beat about,
- bend,
- bent,
- bias,
- bifurcate,
- bifurcation,
- bight,
- bottom out,
- box off,
- branch,
- branch off,
- branching off,
- break,
- bring about,
- bring round,
- cant,
- cant round,
- cast,
- cast about,
- change,
- change course,
- change the bearing,
- change the heading,
- checker,
- chevron,
- chop,
- chop and change,
- circuitousness,
- coin,
- come about,
- come around,
- come round,
- corner,
- crank,
- crook,
- crotchet,
- curve,
- declination,
- deflect,
- deflection,
- degenerate,
- depart from,
- departure,
- deteriorate,
- detour,
- deviance,
- deviancy,
- deviate,
- deviation,
- deviousness,
- digress,
- digression,
- discursion,
- divagate,
- divagation,
- divaricate,
- divarication,
- diverge,
- divergence,
- diversify,
- diversion,
- divert,
- dogleg,
- double,
- double a point,
- draw aside,
- drift,
- drifting,
- ease off,
- edge,
- edge off,
- elbow,
- ell,
- errantry,
- excursion,
- excursus,
- exorbitation,
- fetch about,
- flop,
- fly off,
- fork,
- furcate,
- furcation,
- gee,
- glance,
- glance off,
- go about,
- go crabwise,
- go off,
- go sideways,
- gybe,
- hairpin,
- haul around,
- haw,
- head off,
- heave round,
- heel,
- hook,
- improve,
- indirection,
- inflection,
- jib,
- jibe,
- jibe all standing,
- knee,
- L,
- lateral,
- lateralize,
- lurch,
- make leeway,
- make way for,
- meliorate,
- miss stays,
- mitigate,
- modulate,
- move aside,
- mutate,
- nook,
- oblique,
- obliquity,
- pererration,
- pivot,
- pivot about,
- ply,
- point,
- put about,
- put back,
- quoin,
- rambling,
- revive,
- round,
- round a point,
- sheer,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shifting,
- shifting course,
- shifting path,
- shove aside,
- shunt,
- shy,
- shy off,
- side,
- sideslip,
- sidestep,
- sidetrack,
- sidle,
- skew,
- skid,
- slant,
- slew,
- slue,
- spin,
- steer clear of,
- step aside,
- straying,
- sway,
- sweep,
- swerve,
- swerving,
- swing,
- swing round,
- swing the stern,
- swinging,
- switch,
- swivel,
- tack,
- take a turn,
- throw about,
- trend,
- turn,
- turn about,
- turn around,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn back,
- turn into,
- turn round,
- turn tail,
- turn the corner,
- turning,
- twist,
- undergo a change,
- variation,
- vary,
- veer around,
- veer off,
- vertex,
- wandering,
- warp,
- wear,
- wear ship,
- wheel,
- wheel about,
- whirl,
- wind,
- worsen,
- yaw,
- zag,
- zig,
- zigzag