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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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]: 
 
  Veering  \Veer"ing\,  a. 
  Shifting.  --  {Veer"ing*ly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  veering 
  n  :  the  act  of  turning  aside  suddenly  [syn:  {swerve},  {swerving}]




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