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Word entry · 4 letters

veer

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4 lettersPronunciation /vɪə̯/Part of speech verbSorted eervStarts with VEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. shift to a clockwise direction

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle Dutch vieren (“to slacken”).

Used in a sentence

  • […] 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.
  • The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.
  • And as he leads, the following navy veers.

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