veered  /v'ɪrd/

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資料來源(1): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  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. {Ferrule}). Cf. {Environ}.]
     To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the
     west or north. ``His veering gait.'' --Wordsworth.
  
           And as he leads, the following navy veers. --Dryden.
  
           an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as
           passion or as interest may veer about.   --Burke.
  
     {To veer and haul} (Naut.), to vary the course or direction;
        -- said of the wind, which veers aft and hauls forward.
        The wind is also said to veer when it shifts with the sun.