,| 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)
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| 3. | to alter the direction or course of; turn. |
| 4. | Nautical. to turn (a vessel) away from the wind; wear. |
| 5. | a change of direction, position, course, etc.: a sudden veer in a different direction. |

veer 1 (vîr) v. veered, veer·ing, veers v. intr.
[French virer, from Old French.] |