veer

About 0.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
2. noun A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
3. verb To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.

   The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.

4. verb To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
5. verb To shift aft.
6. verb To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
7. verb To turn.
8. noun A piglet or a heifer.

Similar words

slew slue cut sheer curve swerve trend yaw derail corner

Often followed by

off away to from toward and left towards savarkar

Word family

veered veering veeringly veers