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Veer has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.

Verb
1

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

"The car cut to the left at the intersection"

"The motorbike veered to the right"

2

shift to a clockwise direction

"the wind veered"

3

To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.

4

To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.

Example Sentences
"The car cut to the left at the intersection" verb
"The motorbike veered to the right" verb
"the wind veered" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
turn switch
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
peel off yaw
Rhyming Words
eer geer jeer meer peer xeer heer teer leer seer feer deer neer beer queer sweer bheer cheer greer sneer
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