This done, the sailyards to the wind we veer, / and leave the Grecians and the land of fear.
Source: tatoeba (7331377)
Veer
//vɪə̯//
Synonyms for "veer" (230 found)
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circuitousnesscoincome aboutcome aroundcome roundcornercrankcrookcrotchetcurvedeclinationdeflectdeflectiondegeneratedepart fromdeparturedeterioratedetourdeviancedeviancy
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deviatedeviationdeviousnessdigressdigressiondipdiscursiondivagatedivagationdivaricatedivaricationdivergedivergencediversifydiversiondivertdodgedoglegdoubledouble a pointdraw asidedriftdriftingease offedgeedge offelbowellerrantryexcursionexcursusexorbitationfetch aboutflopfly offforkfurcatefurcationgeeglanceglance offgo aboutgo crabwisego offgo sidewaysgybehairpin
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haul aroundhawhead offheave roundheelhookimproveindirectioninflectionjibjibejibe all standingkneellaterallateralizelurchmake leewaymake way formeliorate
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miss staysmitigatemodulatemove asidemutatenookobliqueobliquitypererrationpivotpivot aboutplypointput aboutput backquoinramblingreviveroundround a pointsheersheer offshiftshiftingshifting courseshifting pathshove asideshuntshyshy offsidesideslipsidestepsidetracksidleskewskidslantslewsluespinsteer clear ofstep asidestrayingswaysweepswervingswingswing roundswing the sternswingingswitchswiveltacktake a turnthrow abouttrendturnturn aboutturn aroundturn asideturn awayturn backturn intoturn roundturn tailturn the cornerturningtwistundergo a changevariationvaryveer aroundveer offvertexwanderingwarpwearwear shipwheelwheel aboutwhipwhirlwindworsenyawzagzigzigzag
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11 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- обръщане noun (turning)
- промяна на посоката noun (change of direction - of the wind)
- обръщам verb (transitive: to turn)
- хващам вятъра verb (to change direction into the wind)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 转向 verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
Czech
4 entries- měnit směr verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
- náhle zahnout verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
- stočit verb (transitive: to turn)
- stočit se verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
Finnish
4 entries- kaartaa verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
- kääntyä tuuleen verb (to change direction into the wind)
- kääntää verb (transitive: to turn)
- laskea verb (of wind: to shift in a clockwise direction)
French
4 entries- tourner verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
- virer verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
- virer verb (to change direction into the wind)
- virer verb (transitive: to turn)
Galician
1 entries- rolar noun (change of direction - of the wind)
Georgian
3 entries- მობრუნება noun (turning)
- მიმართულების შეცვლა verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
- მობრუნება verb (transitive: to turn)
German
4 entries- abdrehen verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
- ausscheren verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
- drehen verb (transitive: to turn)
- rechtdrehen verb (of wind: to shift in a clockwise direction)
Italian
2 entries- virata noun (turning)
- virare verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
Māori
4 entries- kōtore noun (change of direction - of the wind)
- kōrure verb (of wind: to shift in a clockwise direction)
- kōtore verb (transitive: to turn)
- tataha verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
Occitan
1 entries- virar verb (transitive: to turn)
Persian
3 entries- ویراژ noun (turning)
- تغییر جهت دادن verb (transitive: to turn)
- ویراژ دادن verb (transitive: to turn)
Portuguese
1 entries- virar verb (transitive: to turn)
Russian
4 entries- поворо́т noun (turning)
- меня́ть курс verb (transitive: to turn)
- поверну́ть verb (transitive: to turn)
- повора́чивать verb (transitive: to turn)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- obrtanje noun (turning)
- promena smera noun (change of direction - of the wind)
- promjena smjera noun (change of direction - of the wind)
- skretanje noun (turning)
Slovak
2 entries- zabočiť verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
- zahnúť verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
Spanish
2 entries- virar verb (to change direction or course suddenly)
- virar verb (transitive: to turn)
Sample sentences
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You shouldn't veer off from the focus.
Source: tatoeba (12653031)
As when a skilfull Marriner doth reed / A storme approching, that doth perill threat, / He will not bide the daunger of such dread, / But strikes his sayles, and vereth his mainsheat, / And lends vnto it leaue the emptie ayre to beat.
Source: wiktionary
[…] there is always a sudden, though small rise in the barometer, and a sudden drop of temperature of several degrees, sometimes as much as ten or fifteen degrees; there is also a sudden veer in the wind direction.
Source: wiktionary
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