Associations to the word «Veer»

Wiktionary

VEER, verb. (obsolete) (nautical) To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
VEER, noun. A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
VEER, verb. (intransitive) To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
VEER, verb. (intransitive) (of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
VEER, verb. (intransitive) (nautical) (of the wind) To shift aft.
VEER, verb. (intransitive) (nautical) To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
VEER, verb. (transitive) To turn.

Dictionary definition

VEER, verb. Turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right".
VEER, verb. Shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats