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veer 1       (vîr)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   veered, veer·ing, veers

v.   intr.
  1. To turn aside from a course, direction, or purpose; swerve: "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. Used of the wind.
  3. Nautical To change the course of a ship by turning the stern to the wind while advancing to windward; wear ship.

v.   tr.
  1. To alter the direction of; turn: veered the car sharply to the left.
  2. Nautical To change the course of (a ship) by turning the stern windward.

n.   A change in direction; a swerve.


[French virer, from Old French.]

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veer 2       (vîr)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   veered, veer·ing, veers Nautical
To let out or release (a line or an anchor train).


[Middle English veren, from Middle Dutch vieren; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]

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