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veer
N การ เปลี่ยน ทิศทาง การ หัน การหันเห การเบี่ยงเบน kan-plian-tid-tang
veer
VI หันเห เบน เห เบน เปลี่ยน ทิศทาง deviate diverge turn han-he
veer
VT คลาย หรือ ผ่อน (เชือก หรือ โซ่ klai-rue-pon
veer from
PHRV หัน ทิศทาง ไป จาก (เล็กน้อย เห ไป จาก han-tid-tang-pai-jak
veer from
PHRV เปลี่ยน พฤติกรรม จาก (เล็กน้อย plian-pued-ti-kam-jak
veer off
PHRV(เครื่องบิน เปลี่ยน ทิศทาง (แยก ออกจาก กัน ออกจาก กลุ่ม หัน ออกจาก กลุ่ม peel away peel off plian-tid-tang-ok-jak-kan
veer round
PHRV(ลม เปลี่ยน ทิศ plian-tid
veer round
PHRV(เรือ หัน ทิศ เปลี่ยน ทิศ han-tid
veer to
PHRV หันไป ทาง เปลี่ยน ทิศ ไป ทาง turn to han-pai-tang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
VEER
v.i.[L. vario and verto. See Ware. ] To turn; to change direction; as, the wind veers to the west or north.
And as he leads, the following navy veers.
And turn your veering heart with ev'ry gale.
To veer and haul, as wind, to alter its direction.
VEER
v.t.To turn; to direct to a different course. To veer out, to suffer to run or to let out to a greater length; as, to veery out a rope.
To veer away, to let out; to slacken and let run; as, to veer away the cable. this is called also paying out the cable.
To veer and haul, to pull tight and slacken alternately.
VEERABLE
a.Changeable; shifting. [Not in use. ]
VEERED
pp. turned; changed in direction; let out.
VEERING
ppr. turning; letting out to a greater length.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
VEER
Veer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Veered; p. pr. & vb. n. Veering. ] Etym: [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. ]
Defn: 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.
VEER
VEER Veer, v. t.
Defn: To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel. To veer and haul (Naut. ), to pull tight and slacken alternately. Totten. -- To veer away or out (Naut. ), to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope.
VEERING
VEERING Veer "ing, a.
Defn: Shifting. -- Veer "ing *ly, adv.
VEERY
VEERY Veer "y, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens ) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson's thrush. Sometimes I hear the veery's clarion. Thoreau.
New American Oxford Dictionary
veer
veer 1 |vi (ə )r vɪ (ə )r | ▶verb [ no obj. ] change direction suddenly: an oil tanker that had veered off course. • suddenly change an opinion, subject, type of behavior, etc.: the conversation eventually veered away from theatrical things. • (of the wind ) change direction clockwise around the points of the compass: the wind veered southwest. The opposite of back. ▶noun a sudden change of direction. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French virer, perhaps from an alteration of Latin gyrare (see gyrate ).
veer
veer 2 |vɪ (ə )r vi (ə )r | ▶verb [ with obj. ] Nautical, dated slacken or let out (a rope or cable ) in a controlled way. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Middle Dutch vieren.
veery
veer y |ˈvi (ə )rē ˈvɪəri | ▶noun a North American woodland thrush with a brown back and speckled breast. [Catharus fuscescens, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: perhaps imitative.
Oxford Dictionary
veer
veer 1 |vɪə | ▶verb [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] change direction suddenly: an oil tanker that had veered off course. • suddenly change an opinion, subject, type of behaviour, etc.: the conversation eventually veered away from theatrical things. • (of the wind ) change direction clockwise around the points of the compass: the wind veered a point. The opposite of back. ▶noun 1 a sudden change of direction. 2 American Football an offensive play using a modified T-formation with a split backfield, which allows the quarterback the option of passing to the fullback, pitching to a running back, or running with the ball. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French virer, perhaps from an alteration of Latin gyrare (see gyrate ).
veer
veer 2 |vɪə | ▶verb [ with obj. ] Nautical, dated slacken or let out (a rope or cable ) in a controlled way. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Middle Dutch vieren.
veery
veery |ˈvɪəri | ▶noun ( pl. veeries ) a North American woodland thrush with a brown back and speckled breast. ●Catharus fuscescens, family Turdidae. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: perhaps imitative.
American Oxford Thesaurus
veer
veer verb we then saw the car veer suddenly to the right: turn, swerve, curve, swing, sheer, career, weave, wheel; change direction, change course, go off course, deviate.
Oxford Thesaurus
veer
veer verb the car veered to the left and crashed into the van: swerve, career, skew, swing, sheer, weave, wheel; change direction, change course, go off course, deviate, be deflected, diverge; turn (aside ), branch off, curve, twist, bend, curl, incline, swivel, zigzag; Sailing tack; rare divagate.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
veer
veer /vɪə r /動詞 自動詞 1 〈人 車 道などが 〉方向を変える, 曲がる, それる ▸ veer to the left 左に曲がる .2 〈風が 〉右回りに変わる (↔back )▸ The wind veered round to the east .風が東に変わった .3 〈意見 信念 話などが 〉変わる (round ); 〈人が 〉立場 [話題など ]を変える .4 〘海 〙〈船が 〉針路を (特に風下に )変える .他動詞 1 〘海 〙〈船 〉の針路を (特に風下に )変える .2 〈意見 方針など 〉を変える .名詞 C (針路 方向などの )変更, 転換 .