veer — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(verb.)

ADV

sharply, violently, wildly

The car veered sharply to the left when the driver spotted the pothole.

(to the) left, (to the) right

away, round

The car suddenly veered away from the pothole in the road.

PREP

between

Her mood veered between cheerful and irritable depending on how much sleep she had gotten.

from

The conversation suddenly veered from politics to gossip about their mutual friends.

off

The cyclist suddenly veered off into the grass to avoid hitting a pedestrian.

to

The car suddenly veered to the left to avoid hitting the cyclist.

towards

The car suddenly veered towards the sidewalk to avoid hitting a pedestrian.

Definitions

verb

1

To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.

As when a skilfull Marriner doth reed / A storme approching, that doth perill threat, / He will not bide the daunger of such dread, / But strikes his sayles, and vereth his mainsheat, / And lends vnto it leaue the emptie ayre to beat.

noun

1

A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.

[…] there is always a sudden, though small rise in the barometer, and a sudden drop of temperature of several degrees, sometimes as much as ten or fifteen degrees; there is also a sudden veer in the wind direction.

verb

1

To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.

The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.

And as he leads, the following navy veers.

2

To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).

1966, F. K. Hare, The Restless Atmosphere, 4th edition, Hutchinson University Library It is clear that when a front passes the observer, there must be a sudden shift in wind: in the northern hemisphere it will always veer, that is, shift in a clockwise sense.

3

To shift aft.

4

To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.

5

To turn.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — turn sharply

Antonyms

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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As when a skilfull Marriner doth reed / A storme approching, that doth perill threat, / He will not bide the daunger of such dread, / But strikes his sayles, and vereth his mainsheat, / And lends vnto

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02

[…] there is always a sudden, though small rise in the barometer, and a sudden drop of temperature of several degrees, sometimes as much as ten or fifteen degrees; there is also a sudden veer in the w

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03

The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.

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04

And as he leads, the following navy veers.

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05

We are in a war of a peculiar nature. It is not with an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as passion or as interest may veer about.

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06

But with us veers are little pigs; and in some parishes heifers are called veers too. So you see it is not such a noble name with us, that I was going to be startled at the idea of a veer eating up my

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, veer is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.