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VEER

\vˈi͡ə], \vˈi‍ə], \v_ˈiə]\

Definitions of VEER

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To change in direction; to shift, as the wind.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To change direction, as the wind.
To turn: to direct to a different course.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To turn; change direction.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To shift, as the wind; vary.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To turn; to direct to a different course. To veer out, to suffer to run, or to let out to a greater length. To veer away, to slacken and let run. To veer and haul, to pull tight and slacken alternately.
To turn; to change direction.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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