Hypertext Webster Gateway: "veer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Veer \Veer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Veered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Veering}.] [F. virer (cf. Sp. virar, birar), LL. virare;
perhaps fr. L. vibrare to brandish, vibrate (cf. {Vibrate});
or cf. L. viriae armlets, bracelets, viriola a little
bracelet (cf. {Ferrule}). Cf. {Environ}.]
To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the
west or north. ``His veering gait.'' --Wordsworth.
And as he leads, the following navy veers. --Dryden.
an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as
passion or as interest may veer about. --Burke.
{To veer and haul} (Naut.), to vary the course or direction;
-- said of the wind, which veers aft and hauls forward.
The wind is also said to veer when it shifts with the sun.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Veer \Veer\, v. t.
To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to
veer, or wear, a vessel.
{To veer and haul} (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken
alternately. --Totten.
{To veer away} or {out} (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and
let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer
out a rope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
veer
v : turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the
left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
right" [syn: {swerve}, {sheer}, {curve}, {trend}, {slue},
{slew}, {cut}]
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