{To veer and haul} (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken
alternately. --Totten.
{To veer away} or {To veer out} (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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 — 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
veer — [ vır ] verb intransitive 1. ) to suddenly move in a different direction: The Volkswagen veered off the road and crashed into a fence. veer off course (=move in a different direction from the one planned): Interference with their signals could… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
veer — (del lat. «vidēre»; ant.) tr. *Ver. * * * veer. (Del lat. vidēre). tr. desus. ver1. Era u. t. c. prnl … Enciclopedia Universal
veer|y — «VIHR ee», noun, plural veer|ies. a thrush of northeastern North America with tawny head, back, and tail and a faintly spotted white breast; Wilson s thrush; tawny thrush. ╂[American English; probably imitative of its note] … Useful english dictionary
veer — index detour, deviate, digress, divert, slant, vary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
veer — (v.) 1580s, to change direction (originally with reference to the wind), from M.Fr. virer to turn, of uncertain origin, perhaps from the L. stem vir in viriae (pl.) bracelets; or perhaps from a V.L. contraction of L. vibrare to shake. Related:… … Etymology dictionary
veer — *swerve, deviate, depart, digress, diverge Analogous words: shift, transfer, *move: *turn, divert, deflect, sheer … New Dictionary of Synonyms
