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- [veer]
- /vɪər/
- /vɪər/
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- [veer]
- /vɪər/
Definitions of veer word
- verb without object veer to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road. 1
- verb without object veer to change direction clockwise (opposed to back1 (def 30.)). Nautical. to shift to a direction more nearly astern (opposed to haul (def 8c.)). 1
- verb with object veer to slacken or let out: to veer chain. 1
- noun veer anything shaped like or suggesting a V . 1
- adjective veer shaped like the letter V: a vee neckline. 1
- intransitive verb veer ship: change course 1
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Origin of veer
First appearance:
before 1575 One of the 34% oldest English words
First recorded in 1575-85, veer is from the Middle French word virer to turn
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Parts of speech for Veer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
veer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
veer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for veer
verb veer
- aberrated — simple past tense and past participle of aberrate.
- arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arcked — a simple past tense and past participle of arc.
- arcking — a present participle of arc.
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
noun veer
- cloverleaf — A cloverleaf is an arrangement of curved roads, resembling a four-leaf clover, that joins two main roads.
- corner — A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
- y — the 25th letter of the English alphabet, a semivowel.
Top questions with veer
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