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veer

1  [veer] ,
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–verb (used without object)
1. to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
2. (of the wind)
a. to change direction clockwise (opposed to back ).
b. Nautical. to shift to a direction more nearly astern (opposed to haul ).
–verb (used with object)
3. to alter the direction or course of; turn.
4. Nautical. to turn (a vessel) away from the wind; wear.
–noun
5. a change of direction, position, course, etc.: a sudden veer in a different direction.
Origin:
1575–85; < MF virer to turn

Related forms:
veer⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. deviate, swerve, diverge.
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veer

2  [veer] ,
–verb (used with object) Nautical.
to slacken or let out: to veer chain.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME vere < MD vieren to let out

vee

  [vee]
–adjective
1. shaped like the letter V: a vee neckline.
–noun
2. anything shaped like or suggesting a V.
Origin:
1880–85; sp. of the letter name
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veer 1   (vîr)   
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.]
veer 2   (vîr)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

veer 
1582, "to change direction" (originally with ref. to the wind), from M.Fr. virer "to turn," of uncertain origin, perhaps from the L. stem vir- in viriæ (pl.) "bracelets;" or perhaps from a V.L. contraction of L. vibrare "to shake."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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