veer

veer
Synonyms and related words:
L, aberrancy, aberration, about ship, alter, ameliorate, angle, angle off, apex, avert, back and fill, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, bend, bent, bias, bifurcate, bifurcation, bight, bottom out, box off, branch, branch off, branching off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change, change course, change the bearing, change the heading, checker, chevron, chop, chop and change, circuitousness, coin, come about, come around, come round, corner, crank, crook, crotchet, curve, declination, deflect, deflection, degenerate, depart from, departure, deteriorate, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, deviousness, digress, digression, discursion, divagate, divagation, divaricate, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversify, diversion, divert, dogleg, double, double a point, draw aside, drift, drifting, ease off, edge, edge off, elbow, ell, errantry, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, fetch about, flop, fly off, fork, furcate, furcation, gee, glance, glance off, go about, go crabwise, go off, go sideways, gybe, hairpin, haul around, haw, head off, heave round, heel, hook, improve, indirection, inflection, jib, jibe, jibe all standing, knee, lateral, lateralize, lurch, make leeway, make way for, meliorate, miss stays, mitigate, modulate, move aside, mutate, nook, oblique, obliquity, pererration, pivot, pivot about, ply, point, put about, put back, quoin, rambling, revive, round, round a point, sheer, sheer off, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, shove aside, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sideslip, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, skew, skid, slant, slew, slue, spin, steer clear of, step aside, straying, sway, sweep, swerve, swerving, swing, swing round, swing the stern, swinging, switch, swivel, tack, take a turn, throw about, trend, turn, turn about, turn around, turn aside, turn away, turn back, turn into, turn round, turn tail, turn the corner, turning, twist, undergo a change, variation, vary, veer around, veer off, vertex, wandering, warp, wear, wear ship, wheel, wheel about, whirl, wind, worsen, yaw, zag, zig, zigzag

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Veer — Veer, est un film indien de Bollywood réalisé par Anil Sharma en 2009 et sorti le 22 janvier 2010 en Inde. Synopsis Veer Pratap Singh (Salman Khan) est un Prince Pindari et le fils du grand guerrier Pindari, Prithvi Singh (Mithun Chakraborty),… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Veer — Veer, v. t. To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel. [1913 Webster] {To veer and haul} (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. Totten. {To veer away} or {To veer out} (Naut.), to let out; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Veer — ist der Name folgender Personen: Drikus Veer (1918?–2011), niederländischer Motorradrennfahrer Gerrit de Veer (* ca. 1570; † nach 1598), niederländischer Schiffszimmermann und Tagebuchschreiber Jeroen van der Veer (* 1947), niederländischer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Veer — Veer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Veered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Veering}.] [F. virer (cf. Sp. virar, birar), LL. virare; perhaps fr. L. vibrare to brandish, vibrate (cf. {Vibrate}); or cf. L. viriae armlets, bracelets, viriola a little bracelet (cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • veer — [vıə US vır] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: virer] 1.) to change direction veer off ▪ A tanker driver died when his lorry veered off the motorway. ▪ The plane veered off course . ▪ Follow the path and veer… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • veer — index detour, deviate, digress, divert, slant, vary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • veer — *swerve, deviate, depart, digress, diverge Analogous words: shift, transfer, *move: *turn, divert, deflect, sheer …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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