veer
/vɪə̯/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "As when a skilfull Marriner doth reed / A storme approching, that doth perill threat, / He will not bide the daunger of such dread, / But strikes his sayles, and vereth his mainsheat, / And lends vnto it leaue the emptie ayre to beat."
- "[…] there is always a sudden, though small rise in the barometer, and a sudden drop of temperature of several degrees, sometimes as much as ten or fifteen degrees; there is also a sudden veer in the wind direction."
- "The car slid on the ice and veered out of control."
- "And as he leads, the following navy veers."
- "We are in a war of a peculiar nature. It is not with an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as passion or as interest may veer about."
- "In recent years, the attitude of the railway authorities towards large-scale visits to works and sheds on the whole, has, happily, veered round from suspicion, and even point-blank opposition, to one of co-operation and ready welcome."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /vɪə̯/
- British English: /vɪə̯/
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