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Definitions for Veer

[1] 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.
[2] (of the wind) to change direction clockwise (opposed to back1def 30 ). Nautical . to shift to a direction more nearly astern (opposed to hauldef 8c ).
[3] to alter the direction or course of; turn.
[4] Nautical . to turn (a vessel) away from the wind; wear.
[5] a change of direction, position, course, etc.: a sudden veer in a different direction.
[6] to slacken or let out: to veer chain.
[7] shaped like the letter V: a vee neckline.
[8] anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
[9] to alter direction (of); swing around
[10] (intr) to change from one position, opinion, etc, to another
[11] (intr) (of the wind) to change direction clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern nautical to blow from a direction nearer the stern Compare haul (def. 5)
[12] nautical to steer (a vessel) off the wind
[13] a change of course or direction
[14] (tr; often foll by out or away) nautical to slacken or pay out (cable or chain)

Words related to Veer

whirl, swerve, depart, shift, drift, deflect, diverge, twist, deviate, bend, swing, pivot, divert, skid, wheel, sheer, cut, avert, skew, curve

Words nearby Veer

vee, veeck, veejay, veena, veep, veer, veery, veg, veg out, vega, vega alta

Origin of Veer

First recorded in 1880–85; spelling of the letter name

Other words from Veer

veer·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Veer

C16: from Dutch vieren, from Old High German fieren to give direction

Synonyms for Veer

bend, deflect, depart, deviate, diverge, divert, drift, pivot, shift, skid, swerve, swing, twist, whirl, avert, bear, change, curve, cut, digress, dip, divagate, sheer, skew, swivel, tack, turn, wheel, whip, angle off, be deflected, change course, get around, make a left, make a right, train off, volte-face