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Meanings of veer in English

Portuguese
virar

Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.

virar

Shift to a clockwise direction.

To change direction of movement.

Usage of veer in English
1
However, your sense of style may well veer from your normal taste.
The South African
2
Once she got far enough ahead, she could veer into a store.
Midnight hero
3
The ship commenced to veer off into the path of the cyclone.
The Wings of the Morning
4
For the second time, the maggots veer round and retrace their steps.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
5
This caused the price to veer away from that on other exchanges.
The Guardian
6
He has also courted controversy with speeches that veer into performance art.
Reuters
7
The two men with pistols veer off the path, straight towards her.
Night of knives
8
Bounty hunters and uniformed militia veer as the golems reach for them.
Iron Council
9
Her thoughts tried to veer to Jordan, but she couldn't go there.
Toxic
10
It's entirely too late for us to veer away from any Indians.
The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days
11
Crash into two kids, or veer in front of an oncoming motorbike?
BBC
12
Fresh news may veer your way from a rather surprising source.
The South African
13
Tells about Buddhists who may veer to Communism unless given larger political role.
The new yorker
14
It takes a certain amount of confidence to veer from hyper-realism.
The new yorker
15
It was meandering, moving south at 2mph, but expected to veer north soon.
The Guardian
16
Compasses had begun to veer maniacally, losing north for minutes at a time.
The Scar
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Veer through the time
Veer across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common