- 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.
- (of the wind)
- to change direction clockwise (opposed to back1 def. 31).
- to shift to a direction more nearly astern (opposed to haul def. 8c).
- to alter the direction or course of; turn.
- to turn (a vessel) away from the wind; wear.
- a change of direction, position, course, etc.: a sudden veer in a different direction.
- to slacken or let out: to veer chain.
- to alter direction (of); swing around
- to change from one position, opinion, etc, to another
- (intr)
- (of the wind) to change direction clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern
- to blow from a direction nearer the stern
- to steer (a vessel) off the wind
- a change of course or direction
- to slacken or pay out (cable or chain)
