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- Dictionaryveer/vɪə/
verb
- 1. change direction suddenly: "an oil tanker that had veered off course"
noun
- 1. a sudden change of direction.
- 2. an offensive play using a modified T-formation with a split backfield, which allows the quarterback the option of passing to the fullback, pitching to a running back, or running with the ball.
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VEERED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of veer 2. to change direction: . Learn more.
veered; veering; veers. Synonyms of veer. intransitive verb. 1. : to change direction or course. the economy veered sharply downward. 2. of the wind : to shift in a clockwise direction compare back entry 4 sense 2. 3.
veer | American Dictionary. verb [ I ] us / vɪər / Add to word list. to suddenly change direction: The officer saw the car veer off the side of the road.
uk / vɪə r/ us / vɪr /. to change direction: All of a sudden, the car veered off the road. Moments before crashing, the jet was seen veering sharply to the right. Three men were feared dead last night after a helicopter veered off course into an oil platform. Our talk soon veered onto the subject of money.
a. To turn aside from a course or established direction; swerve: veered to the left to avoid a pothole. b. To deviate from a purpose, behavior, or previous pattern: "a sequence of adventures that veered between tragedy and bleak farce" (Anthony Haden-Guest). See Synonyms at swerve. 2. To shift clockwise in direction, as from north to northeast.
verb. to alter direction (of); swing around. intr to change from one position, opinion, etc, to another. 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.
To veer is to make a sudden turn, like when a driver veers off the pavement or a pleasant conversation veers off in a troubling direction. When you make any quick change of direction you veer. You can veer toward an attractive person at a party, leaving your friends mid-sentence.
1. verb. If something veers in a certain direction, it suddenly moves in that direction. The plane veered off the runway and careered through the perimeter fence. [VERB preposition/adverb] Horrified commuters saw the lorry veer across the motorway and overturn. [VERB preposition/adverb] 2. verb.
Definition of veer verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
veer. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English veer /vɪə $ vɪr/ verb [ intransitive always + adverb/preposition] 1 to change direction veer off A tanker driver died when his lorry veered off the motorway. The plane veered off course. Follow the path and veer left after 400m.
