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How to pronounce veer in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend
Type of turn
Has types peel off, yaw
Derivation veering


The motorbike veered to the right.
Type Words
Type of change over, shift, switch


the wind veered.

Examples of veer

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To a certain ignorant minority, it always has to veer off into bigoted nonsense.
From the bostonherald.com
Veer off westbound Interstate 90 and you'll see one bottle just off the freeway.
From the time.com
While the first couple of bullets do hit the target, the rest tend to veer away.
From the telegraph.co.uk
If you want to treat yourself, then veer towards the promenade au Clair de Lune.
From the guardian.co.uk
Worries about exchange rates, he argues, cause central banks to veer off course.
From the economist.com
But that steady cashflow tempted both Pirelli and Continental to veer off track.
From the economist.com
That might cause the Progress to veer off-course and potentially damage the ISS.
From the newscientist.com
The ants tended to veer away some 3 centimetres ahead of a fork leading nowhere.
From the newscientist.com
Gopnik's wit enlivens a subject that could easily veer into the overly abstract.
From the sfgate.com
More examples
  • Swerve: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
  • Shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered"
  • (veering) swerve: the act of turning aside suddenly
  • The Veer is an option running play often associated with option offenses in American football, made famous at the collegiate level. ...
  • Veer: An Epic Love story of a Warrior is a 2010 Indian action drama film directed by Anil Sharma, and starring Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sohail Khan, Jackie Shroff and Zarine Khan. The film was written by Salman Khan and set during the 1825 Pindari movement of Rajasthan, when India was ruled by the British.
  • (Veers) This is an incomplete list of prominent characters from the Star Wars franchise, sorted by last name.
  • Turning; to change direction or course suddenly; to swerve; to change direction in a clockwise direction if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere ^[1]; to shift aft ^[1]; to change direction into the wind; to wear ship; to turn
  • (Veering (of winds)) When a wind blows round clockwise; opposite of backing
  • (Veering) Changing direction, used in referring to the wind and also to the course of a vessel.