transitive verb. To let out or release (a line or an anchor train).

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To turn aside from a course or established direction; swerve.

intransitive verb. To deviate from a purpose, behavior, or previous pattern: synonym: swerve.

intransitive verb. To shift clockwise in direction, as from north to northeast. Used of the wind.

intransitive verb. To change the course of a ship by turning the stern to the wind while advancing to windward; wear ship.

intransitive verb. To alter the direction of; turn.

intransitive verb. To change the course of (a ship) by turning the stern windward.

noun. A change in direction; a swerve.

To turn; specifically, to alter the course of a ship, by turning her head round away from the wind; wear.

To shift or change direction: as, the wind veers to the north; specifically, in meteorology, with respect to the wind, to shift in the same direction as the course of the sun—as, in the northern hemisphere, from east by way of south to west.

To turn round; vary; be otherwise minded: said of persons, feelings, intentions, etc. See also veering.

To turn; shift.

Nautical, to change the course of by turning the stern to windward; lay on a different tack by turning the vessel's head away from the wind; wear: as, to veer ship.

transitive verb. To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear.

transitive verb. to pull tight and slacken alternately.

transitive verb. to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out.

transitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To change direction; to turn; to shift.

intransitive verb. to vary the course or direction; -- said of the wind, which veers aft and hauls forward. The wind is also said to veer when it shifts with the sun.

noun. A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.

verb. To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve

verb. to change direction into the wind; to wear ship

verb. to turn

verb. shift to a clockwise direction

verb. turn sharply; change direction abruptly

"Sobel, rightly in my view, brings us back to the scientific truth of Galileo's observations; and whatever the reasoning and motives for Pope Urban VIII's pursuit of him, the fact remains that the ecclesiastical authorities were given all the right information and came up with the wrong answer, and while Sobel doesn't rub it in, she doesn't veer from the central point either."

to veer and haul  to veer away  to veer out  

to veer out  

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changeover  shift  switch  

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