veer
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/vΙͺΙ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
noun
- A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
verb
- To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.βThe car slid on the ice and veered out of control.β
- (of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
- (of the wind) To shift aft.
- To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.