[
UK
/vˈiə/
]
[ US /ˈvɪɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈvɪɹ/ ]
VERB
-
turn sharply; change direction abruptly
The motorbike veered to the right
The car cut to the left at the intersection -
shift to a clockwise direction
the wind veered
How To Use veer In A Sentence
- The Subaru then veered across the road and hit a telegraph pole, eventually becoming lodged between the pole and a tree.
- Her expression masked, she nodded toward the remaining stragglers veering toward their cars. Captured by Moonlight
- During changeable weather, the temperature can veer from sub-Mediterranean to Siberian.
- Supermarket trolleys are well-known for their irritating tendency to veer from the straight and narrow, apparently at their own whim.
- On one occasion we had a hot land-wind from the South-East that veered round as the day advanced to Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1
- One Friday afternoon, en route to the medieval rectory that served as the family's country home, Javier suddenly veered sharply right upon hearing I'd never had horchata de chufa , a sweet milk made from tiger nuts. A Fish Tale
- Any questions that veer away from the topic that is uppermost in her mind are swiftly redirected. Times, Sunday Times
- If your summers veer towards the torrid, a soft coat low e with a lower SHGC may be a more sensible strategy.
- She veered away and, with no alternative site in view crashed into the swamp abutting the landing field.
- And the 34-year-old also seems to veer towards women with long dark tresses and smouldering brown eyes. The Sun