veer

verb · nounA1

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verb

V_es/s

veers

V_ing/Gerund

veering

V_ed/pp

veered

1.
(obsolete)(obsolete, nautical) To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
2.
(intransitive)To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.
3.
(intransitive)(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).
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.
4.
(intransitive)(intransitive, nautical, of the wind) To shift aft.
5.
(intransitive)(intransitive, nautical) To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
6.
(transitive)To turn.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

veers

1.
A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
2.
(Cornwall)A piglet or a heifer.

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