Veer
[vɪə] or [vɪr]
Definition
(v. i.) To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north.
(v. t.) To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Shift, turn, change course, change direction, change about, come round.
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Definition
v.i. to change direction as the wind: to alter of the course of a ship: to change one's mind.—v.t. to turn shift: to change a ship's course by turning her head away from the wind.—n. and adj. Veer′ing.—adv. Veer′ingly.
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Examples
- But the desire to find that enamel had possessed Palissy’s mind, and it was not a mind to veer or change. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Suddenly the wind veered from south-west to west, and then again to north-west. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It turned slowly round, in a slow, slow Dervish dance, as it veered away. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He drifted, as on a wind, veered, and went drifting away. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Presently the vessel veered toward the west and then swung gracefully to the south. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It was impossible to keep one's attention long confined to these master-pieces, and so, by degrees, I veered round, and surveyed the gallery. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Birkin pushed himself off, and veered clumsily in the pond. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But subsequently the British Court veered round to a more cordial attitude to the new adventurer. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As the wind veers continually it is easy to see the aviator’s difficulty in keeping track of this centre of pressure. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This same veering of interest may be seen in the career of another Englishman. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She could only watch the brilliant little discs of the daisies veering slowly in travel on the dark, lustrous water. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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