veer: Meaning and Definition of

veer

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)
1. to change direction clockwise (opposed to back).
2. Naut.to shift to a direction more nearly astern (opposed to haul).

1. to alter the direction or course of; turn.
2. to turn (a vessel) away from the wind; wear.

1. a change of direction, position, course, etc.: a sudden veer in a different direction.

veer

1. to slacken or let out: to veer chain.