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VEER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shift to a clockwise direction

Example:

the wind veered

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "veer" is one way to...):

change over; shift; switch (make a shift in or exchange of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

back (shift to a counterclockwise direction)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Example:

The motorbike veered to the right

Synonyms:

curve; cut; sheer; slew; slue; swerve; trend; veer

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "veer" is one way to...):

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "veer"):

peel off (leave a formation)

yaw (swerve off course momentarily)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

veering (the act of turning aside suddenly)

Credits

 Context examples: 

There came a plump of rain towards mid-day and the breeze died down, but it freshened again before nightfall, and Goodwin Hawtayne veered his sheet and held head for the south. Next morning they had passed Belle Isle, and ran through the midst of a fleet of transports returning from Guienne.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)