ALL meanings of veer
veer
V v - intransitive verb veer ship: change course 1
- intransitive verb veer car: swerve suddenly 1
- intransitive verb veer digress: from topic 1
- verb without object veer to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road. 1
- verb without object veer to change direction clockwise (opposed to back1 (def 30.)). Nautical. to shift to a direction more nearly astern (opposed to haul (def 8c.)). 1
- verb with object veer to slacken or let out: to veer chain. 1
- noun veer anything shaped like or suggesting a V . 1
- adjective veer shaped like the letter V: a vee neckline. 1
- noun veer A turn or swerve; an instance of veering. 0
- verb veer (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (nautical) To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out. 0
- verb veer (Intransitive Verb) To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve. 0
- verb veer (Intransitive Verb) (of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere). 0
- verb veer (Intransitive Verb) (nautical, of the wind) To shift aft. 0
- verb veer (Intransitive Verb) (nautical) To change direction into the wind; to wear ship. 0
- verb veer (Transitive Verb) To turn. 0
- verb veer If something veers in a certain direction, it suddenly moves in that direction. 0
- verb veer If someone or something veers in a certain direction, they change their position or direction in a particular situation. 0
- verb veer When the wind veers, it changes direction. 0
- verb veer to alter direction (of); swing around 0
- verb veer to change from one position, opinion, etc, to another 0
- verb veer (of the wind) to change direction clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern 0
- verb veer to blow from a direction nearer the stern 0
- verb veer to steer (a vessel) off the wind 0
- noun veer a change of course or direction 0
- verb veer to slacken or pay out (cable or chain) 0
- intransitive verb veer to change direction; shift; turn or swing around 0
- intransitive verb veer to change sides; shift, as from one opinion or attitude to another 0
- intransitive verb veer to shift clockwise (in the Northern Hemisphere) 0
- intransitive verb veer to change the direction or course of a ship by swinging its stern to the wind; wear a ship 0
- intransitive verb veer to be so turned 0
- verb transitive veer to turn or swing; change the course of 0
- verb transitive veer to change the direction or course of (a ship) by swinging its stern to the wind; wear 0
- noun veer a change of direction 0
- verb transitive veer to let out (a line, chain, anchor, etc.) 0