veer
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veer¹
- /vɪə̯/ Australia, UK
- /vɪ(ə)ɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle Dutch vieren (“to slacken”).
verb veers · veering · veered
- 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.
veer²
- /vɪə̯/ Australia, UK
- /vɪ(ə)ɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French virer.
noun veers
- 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 veers · veering · veered
- To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve. The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.
- 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.
- To shift aft.
- To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
- To turn.
Opposite: back, haul forward
veer³
- /vɪə̯/ Australia, UK
- /vɪ(ə)ɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
noun veers
- A piglet or a heifer. 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 grass.
Veer⁴
proper noun
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: slew, slue, cut, sheer, curve, swerve, trend, yaw, derail, corner, turn, turning, bend, skew, shift, exit
verb
Opposite: back, haul forward
Translations
Every language
verb to change direction or course suddenly
| Español | virar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 转向 |
| Français | virer, tourner |
| Deutsch | ausscheren, abdrehen |
| Italiano | virare |
verb of wind: to shift in a clockwise direction
| Deutsch | rechtdrehen |
|---|
verb to change direction into the wind
| Français | virer |
|---|
verb transitive: to turn
| Español | virar |
|---|---|
| Português | virar |
| Français | virer |
| Deutsch | drehen |
| Русский | меня́ть курс menjátʹ kurs, повора́чивать povoráčivatʹ, поверну́ть povernútʹ |
Talk about this word "veer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/veer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. veer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/veer "veer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/veer.Cite this
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title = {veer},
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